T.A. Crerar: A Political Life by James Edgar Rea

Montréal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 307. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in near fine very lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, near fine. Quite scarce in commerce in this condition, and state. "Born in June 1876, Crerar's Scots inheritance and rural Manitoba upbringing gave him a life-long commitment to the liberal values of independence, self-reliance, thrift, and co-operation. He became the founding president of United Grain Growers in 1917 and was Borden's Minister of Agriculture during World War I. When the federal government refused to lower protective tariffs after the war, Crerar left the Cabinet in protest and became the leader of the newly formed… Read More