VOLUME TWO
BROWN
OF
THE GLOBE
STATESMAN OF CONFEDERATION 1860-1880
J.M.S. Careless
To my children
VOLUME TWO
BROWN
OF
THE GLOBE
STATESMAN OF CONFEDERATION 1860-1880
J.M.S. Careless
TORONTO & OXFORD
1989
Copyright © J. M. S. Careless, 1989
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J. Kirk Howard, Publisher
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Careless, J. M. S., 1919-
Brown of the Globe
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Vol. 1. The voice of Upper Canada, 1818-1859 —
v. 2. Statesman of Confederation, 1860-1880.
ISBN 1-55002-050-1 (v. 1) ISBN 1-55002-051-X (v. 2)
1. Brown, George, 1818-1880. 2. Canada — Politics and government —1841-1867. 3. Politicians — Canada — Biography. 4. Journalists — Canada — Biography. 1. Title.
FC471.B76C3 1989 971.04′092 C89-090670-X
F1032.B76C3 1989
Originally published by Macmillan of Canada.
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Contents
Two: Captain on the Side-lines
Three: The Remaking of George Brown
Illustrations
BETWEEN PAGES 150-151
The new Globe office of 1864
King Street, Toronto, in the 1860s
George Brown and family
Wells in the Oil Region
Luther Holton
The fall of Sandfield Macdonald’s ministry
