Extraordinary Canadians Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baa

by John Ralston Saul

Book Overview

Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governor. But it was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670067326
• ISBN13: 9780670067329
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher