Sir Charles Tupper:
The bully who battled for Canada
Written by Johanna Bertin
Illustrated by Gabriel Morrissette and Bernie Mireault
A united Canada was still only a dream. The colonies might be invaded by Americans any day, the West was a vast wilderness, and the only reliable transportation was by stagecoach or boat. Into politics stepped a tough, brilliant young doctor possessed by the dream to ensure Canada’s survival: a united Canada linked by a railway as far as the Pacific.
With an amazing talent for getting his own way, Charles could be a lion-hearted bully for his good causes. And they were many. Confederation, a new railway, decent hospital care, standardized training for doctors, free education for all children in Nova Scotia, and a new idea—enforced quarantine during epidemics.
Charles’s stamina and courage became the stuff of legends when he rescued his own daughter, held hostage by Riel’s rebels in Manitoba.
Though disliked by the aristocracy for his rough manner and clever ways of getting rich, Charles was loved for the humanitarian, caring doctor that he was. He could amputate, negotiate, and debate with equal skill.
ISBN-13: 978-0-9736406-7-0
ISBN-10: 0-9736406-7-7
48 pages, 8 1/2” X 11”
Glossary, Index, Web support, Full colour art throughout
Paper: $19.95
