Great Canadian speeches
Subtitle: words that shaped a nation
By: edited by Brian Busby
Publisher: Capella; Arcturus Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London GB
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781841939575
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian
Description: " ... includes over thirty important and inspiring addresses by some of the country's finest orators, from John A. Macdonald's impassioned promotion of Confederation to the installation of Adrienne Clarkson, the first Governor General to have arrived in the country as a refugee"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Confederation; title: Rebellion and resistance; title: War and peace; title: Politics and campaigns; title: Parliament; title: Identity; title: Crisis and terror; title: Unity; title: Tributes; title: Celebration; title: Biographies; title: Bibliography.