Tommy Douglas

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Dundurn, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 185 pages

During the 17 years he was premier of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas changed the face of his province. He then served for 10 years as first leader of the federal New Democratic Party. Today he is recognized as the "father of medicare." In 2004, CBC TV viewers voted him the "Greatest Canadian."

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About the author (1999)

Dave Margoshes is the author of the novel I'm Frankie Sterne, the novella We Who Seek: A Love Story, four collections of short stories, and two previous volumes of poetry (Northwest Passage and Walking at Brighton). He has won a number of poetry awards, including the Stephen Leacock Poetry Award in 1996. Margoshes' stories and poems have been published in dozens of magazines and in numerous anthologies. He lives in Regina.

Bibliographic information

TitleTommy Douglas
Volume 4 of Quest library
AuthorDave Margoshes
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherDundurn, 1999
ISBN0968360149, 9780968360149
Length185 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political
Medical / Medicaid & Medicare
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
Political Science / World / Canadian
  
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