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Biography & Autobiography Presidents & Heads Of State

David Lam

A Biography

by (author) Reginald Roy

Publisher
Douglas & McIntyre
Initial publish date
Jun 2011
Category
Presidents & Heads of State
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553656852
    Publish Date
    Jun 2011
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

Businessman, philanthropist, former lieutenant-governor, distinguished citizen and devoted gardener, David Lam is one of the most respected and best-loved figures in British Columbia public life. This biography tells his remarkable story.

This is a new release of the book published in September 1996.

About the author

Born in 1922, Reginald Roy was a professor emeritus at UVic's History Department when he wrote Sherwood Lett: His Life and Times, a biographical tribute to Lett, a former Chancellor of UBC who rose to the chief justiceship of B.C. As a military historian who served with the Cape Breton Highlanders from 1939 to 1945, Roy also published Ready for the Fray, Sinews of Steel, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 1919-1965, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy, Telegrams of the North West Rebellion (with Desmond Morton) and a history of the Vancouver Club.

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