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End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge - Softcover

McIver, Don

 
9781459702226: End of the Line: The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1459702220 ISBN 13: 9781459702226
Verlag: DUNDURN PR LTD, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Sixty people died in 1857, leaving behind their stories and the tales of those involved.

In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how it was constructed is replete with high irony covering political intrigue, commercial skullduggery, and bold entrepreneurship. Woven into the tragic events of that cold March evening are a cross-section of pre-Confederation Canadians whose lives contrasted sharply with the dour stereotypical view of pioneering Canada.

End of the Line portrays the personalities of these global travellers, burgeoning industrialists, and simple railway servants – all connected by the common thread of catastrophe. Particular attention is focused on the little-known life of Samuel Zimmerman – the irrepressible contractor who died in the accident. Captured throughout is the spirit of economic venture infecting the mood of the continent.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Don McIver was chief economist with a major Canadian financial institution while living in Burlington, Ontario. His research frequently took him to the train-wreck site and various locations significant to the drama in End of the Line. McIver has held senior postings at the Conference Board of Canada, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, and the Canadian Bankers Association. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Verlag
DUNDURN PR LTD
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1459702220
ISBN 13 
9781459702226
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
209
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