The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time

by Oscar Douglas Skelton

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380 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1916

About the author

Oscar Douglas Skelton was a Canadian political economist and civil servant.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A look at an important period of Canadian history, one that sadly gets often overlooked (I know my own scholastic looks at Canadian history jumped from "Voyageurs" to "Confederation" and then skipped right ahead to "Vimy Ridge" as if nothing worthwhile had happened in between).

As much as 1867 was the year Canada became a country, the era that Laurier oversaw is equally important to our concept of nationhood, so it was very interesting to see that presented from a source not that far removed from the material.

[Mark Nenadov · Rating 4 out of 5]

A helpful read, but the reader should not expect much biography here. It really is about Laurier's times, not his life or career.