Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–15: William Lyon Mackenzie King / René Lévesque / Samuel de Champlain / John Grierson...

ISBN-10: 145972397X
ISBN-13: 9781459723979
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Pages: 900
Language: English
Published: 2013-11-12
Publisher: Dundurn
Authors: lian goodall, Marguerite Paulin, Francine Legaré

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This bundle of titles in the Quest Biography series entertainingly presents a variety of influential Canadian lives. In this volume we find Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Quebec premier Réne Lévesque, explorer Samuel de Champlain, documentarian John Grierson, and humanitarian surgeon Lucille Teasdale.

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