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The De Cosmos enigma / Gordon Hawkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawkins, Gordon, 1921- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- De Cosmos, Amor, 1825-1897.
- De Cosmos, Amor.
- Politicians--British Columbia--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Journalists--British Columbia--Biography.
- Journalists.
- British Columbia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This biography explores what drove William Smith to change his name, in the gold fields of California in the 1850s, to Amor De Cosmos. Hawkins traces how De Cosmos became one of the most feared journalists in British Columbia and then how he forced his way into British Columbia politics, becoming BC's second premier. Although De Cosmos played a crucial role in creating present-day Canada from sea to sea, by the end of his life, he was little remembered.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the quest
- Halifax
- Westward
- The transformation
- The transition
- Victoria : business strategies
- The newspaperman
- Entering the political arena
- The great campaigner : triumphs and disappointments
- A summing up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-55380-354-X
- 1-55380-355-8
- OCLC:
- 893702790
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