Authors: Valerie Knowles
ISBN-13: 9780253222503, ISBN-10: 0253222508
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: July 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Valerie Knowles is an Ottawa writer who has taught history and worked as an archivist. In addition to writing for newspapers, magazines, and federal government departments, she has published several non-fiction works, including Strangers at Our Gates: Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-1997. This is her third book for Dundurn Press.
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.
Preface | 9 | |
Acknowledgements | 11 | |
Prologue | 13 | |
Chapter 1 | Growing Up in Frontier Illinois | 17 |
Chapter 2 | Early Career | 37 |
Chapter 3 | Rapid Advancement | 55 |
Chapter 4 | New Challenges and Hobbies | 83 |
Chapter 5 | New Horizons | 95 |
Chapter 6 | Toward the Last Spike | 117 |
Chapter 7 | Cutting Costs | 147 |
Chapter 8 | The Final Push | 175 |
Chapter 9 | All That Grant Was to the U.S.A. | 209 |
Chapter 10 | Van Horne at the Helm | 239 |
Chapter 11 | Art for Art's Sake | 283 |
Chapter 12 | Family Matters | 299 |
Chapter 13 | Cuba Beckons | 325 |
Chapter 14 | Building the Cuba Railroad | 339 |
Chapter 15 | Chasing the Money | 367 |
Chapter 16 | Dodging the Grim Reaper | 397 |
Afterword | 429 | |
Bibliography | 433 | |
Notes | 443 | |
Index | 495 |