the book such an enjoyable read.
Knowles, an historian, archivist, and journalist is an excellent choice to write this biography, having authored the award-winning From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2004). In fact, four chapter titles are identical in both biographies, and a brief comparison suggests that, in many ways, the current volume is a simplified and condensed version of her more extensive , scholarly work.
- Val Ken Kem, Collections Evaluation and Donations Librarian and subject liaison for History, English and Caribbean Studies at Ryerson University, Toronto
- Val Ken Kem, Collections Evaluation and Donations Librarian and subject liaison for History, English and Caribbean Studies at Ryerson University, Toronto
She chronicles his love of family and practical jokes as well as his passionate interests in food, art, graphic design. and geology — each of which, she illustrates, informed and shaped his business development decisions for the Canadian Pacific Railway in significant ways.
- Deborah Morrison, Publisher, President and CEO of Canada's History Society and of Canada's History Magazine
- Deborah Morrison, Publisher, President and CEO of Canada's History Society and of Canada's History Magazine
William C. Van Horne:
Railway Titan
Railway Titan
The book tracks Van Horne's epic career from the age of eleven, when he was a self-taught telelgraph operator, to his final international business transactions in the weeks before his death at the age of seventy-two. However, it's Knowles' ability to bring the personality behind the legendary business magnate to life that makes
Valerie Knowles' competent survey of the life and times of William Van Horne is the latest volume in the highly accessible Quest series of biographies of significant Canadians.
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