Biography & Autobiography Political
Your Worship
The Lives of Eight of Canada's Most Unforgettable Mayors
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1989
- Category
- Political
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550282115
- Publish Date
- Jan 1989
- List Price
- $45.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550282092
- Publish Date
- Jan 1989
- List Price
- $6.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552772294
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Description
First published in 1989, Your Worship examines the highlights--and low-lights--of the careers of eight Canadian mayors who served between the 1930s and 1980s.
The subjects themselves--Gerry McGeer of Vancouver, Charlotte Whitton of Ottawa, Stephen Juba of Winnipeg, Jean Drapeau of Montreal, Bill Hawrelak of Edmonton, Grant MacEwan of Calgary, Allan O'Brien of Halifax, David Crombie of Toronto--may have been saintly or otherwise in office. None were boring.
A portrait gallery of the most unforgettable mayors in Canadian history, Your Worship is an immensely entertaining romp through city halls across the country.
About the author
Allan Levine is an award-winning internationally selling author and historian based in Winnipeg, Canada.
He has written thirteen books including the Sam Klein historical mystery trilogy.
Winner of the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, the McNally-Robinson Book of the Year, the Best History Book Award at the Canadian Jewish Book Awards, and the co-winner of the J.I. Segal Prize in Canadian Jewish History.
A freelance writer since the early 1980s, his work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, Toronto Star, the National Post, and Saturday Night. A columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press since 2010, he explains the history behind current events.