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From Telegrapher to Titan : The Life of William C. Van Horne

1 Mar 2004

  Winner of the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction , the 2005 University of British Columbia Award for Best Canadian Biography, and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Award for Best Railway Book of the Year.



William Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and went on to become company president. He also became one of Canada’s foremost financiers and art collectors, capping his career by opening Cuba’s interior with a railway.

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Authors

Valerie Knowles

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-493) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
385/.092
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
22
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
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ISBN
9781770701632 9781550024883
LCCN
HE2808.2.V3
LCCN Item number
K57 2004eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
DLC
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (501 p.)
Published in
Canada
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00212043 (OCoLC)696030446 (CaOOCEL)404505
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
DLC

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