THE RAILWAY BUILDERS 1916

BY OSCAR SKELTON – GLASCOW, BROOK AND CO. TORONTO

254 PAGE LEATHER BOUND 5X7 – SPINE REPAIRED WITH BINDING TAPE

FIRST EDITION   7 MAPS INSERTED.

Oscar Douglas Skelton (July 13, 1878 – January 28, 1941) was a Canadian Political Economist and civil servant. Skelton was a loyal member of the Liberal Party, an expert on international affairs, and a nationalist who encouraged Canadians to pursue autonomy from the British Empire, and to take on what he proclaimed was “the work of the world.”

He was the author of two books in the Chronicles of Canada series: The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Times (1916) and The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways (1920).