BILL DAVIS NATION BUILDER, AND NOT SO BLAND AFTER ALL **SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR**

PAIKIN, STEVE

ISBN 10: 1459731751 / ISBN 13: 9781459731752

Published by Dundurn, Toronto, 2016

About this Item

pp: 584. A biography of the longest serving Ontario Premier of the twentieth century. The province is still influenced by his time in office. This is a new copy in dust jacket. Paikin has signed it on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 008973

Bibliographic Details

• Title: BILL DAVIS NATION BUILDER, AND NOT SO BLAND AFTER ALL **SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR**
• Publisher: Dundurn, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1459731751
• ISBN 13: 9781459731752
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Weight: 1.2 kilograms
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award ― Winner
A National Post Bestseller, The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016, 2016 Speaker's Book Award ― Shortlisted

The first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the enigmatic Ontario premier who carried on a Tory dynasty, but was also a crucial Trudeau supporter.

A biography of one of Ontario’s most important premiers, who, despite having been out of public life for more than thirty years, is remembered fondly by many as the father of the community college system, TVO, OISE, and was indispensable in repatriating the Canadian Constitution with an accompanying Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Before he became premier, Davis was perhaps the most important education minister in Ontario history, responsible for the creation of the community college system and TVOntario. As premier, he went on to lead Ontario through buoyant and recessionary economic times, leaving a legacy Ontarians continue to enjoy. Now 87, Davis still lives on Main Street in his beloved Brampton.

About the Author

Steve Paikin is anchor of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO’s flagship current affairs program since 2006. He has written four previous books on politics, including Paikin and the Premiers. Paikin has spent more than 30 years in journalism, 20 of them at Ontario’s provincial broadcaster. He lives in Toronto.