Richards, David Adams  <br/><br/>
Lord Beaverbrook / 
David Adams Richards ; with an introduction by John Ralston Saul (Series Editor). 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Toronto :  Penguin Canada,  2011. 
 - 177 p. :  cov. ill. ;  20 cm.  
 - Extraordinary Canadians .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1: Beaverbrook Chapter 2: Early Times Chapter 3: Lawyer's Apprentice and Campaign Manager Chapter 4: The Great World Beyond Chapter 5: Mr. Stairs of the Union Bank of Halifax Chapter 6: Marriage in the New World Chapter 7: The Great Canadian Cement Caper and the CPR Chapter 8: English Shores Chapter 9: Knighthood Chapter 10: Cherkley as a Front for Family Life Chapter 11: Law Becomes Conservative Leader Chapter 12: War Chapter 13: The Making of Prime Minister David Lloyd George Chapter 14: On Shaky Ground Chapter 15: The Press Baron Alley Fighter Chapter 16: The Long-Coming Rise of Mr. Bonar Law Chapter 17: And Then Poor Gladys Dies Chapter 18: Free Trade and Stanley Baldwin, I Presume Chapter 19: Signs of a New War Chapter 20: War and the Boy from Newcastle Chapter 21: Comrade Stalin's Man Chapter 22: Last Years 
<br/><br/> "Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he became a millionaire at age 25, earned the title of Lord Beaverbrook at 38, and by age 40 was the most influential newspaperman in the world. Fiercely loyal to the British Empire, he was nonetheless patronized by London's upper class, whose country he worked tirelessly to protect during World War II. David Adams Richards, one of Canada's preeminent novelists, celebrates Beaverbrook's heroic achievements in this perceptive interpretive biography." (Publisher's website)<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143055952 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lord Beaverbrook 1873-1951 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minister--Biography.<br/>Politicians--Canada--Biography.<br/>Entrepreneur--Biography.<br/>Canada--Biography.<br/>Journey of Independence--Biography.<br/>Proficient.<br/>C1 (CEFR).