Quest biographies. John Franklin ; Marshall McLuhan ; Phyllis Munday ; Wilfrid Laurier ; Nellie McClung Books 6-10

Fitzgerald, Judith. (Added Author). Wilson, John. (Added Author). Bridge, Kathryn. (Added Author). Stewart, Roderick. (Added Author). Macpherson, Margaret. (Added Author).

Summary: This bundle of titles in the Quest Biography series entertainingly presents a variety of influential Canadian lives. In this volume we find doomed explorer John Franklin, philosopher and media guru Marshall McLuhan, mountaineer Phyllis Munday, Prime Minster Wilfrid Laurier, and early feminist Nellie McClung.

Record details

ISBN: 9781459723962
ISBN: 1459723961
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (1036 pages).
Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover; John Franklin; Prologue; 1 Spilsby to Copenhagen; 2 Around Australia; 3 Cape Trafalgar to New Orleans; 4 Towards the North Pole; 5 On the Route of the Voyageurs; 6 Along the Arctic Coast; 7 Romantic explorations; 8 Back to the Canadian Arctic; 9 Russia to Greece; 10 Van Diemen's Land; 11 King William Island; Epilogue Westminster Abbey; Chronology of John Franklin (1786-1847); Sources Consulted; Index; Marshall McLuhan; Introduction Critical Mass; 1 Lasting Impressions; 2 First Comes Love, Then Comes Cambridge; 4 Going Places; 5 The Doctor is In; 6 I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.

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Print version record.