The Great Depression, 1929-1939"The most searing decade in Canada's history beganh with thye stock market crash in 1929 and ended with the Second World War. ... Berton reconstructs its events ... : Tyhe Regina Riot, the Great Birth Control Trial, the black blizzards of the dust bowl and the rise of Social Credit. The cast of characters includes Prime Minister [William Lyon] Mackenzie King, who praised [Adolf] Hitler and [Benito] Mussolini but thought Winston Churchill "one of the most dangerous men I have ever known" ; Maurice Duplessis, who padlocked the homes of private citizens for their political opinions; and Tim Buck, the Communist leader who narrowly escaped murder in Kingston Penitentiary. ..."--Back cover. |
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