Speaking of Canada: The Centennial History of the Canadian Clubs

Signed, dated & inscribed ('To Alf Coward, the Best Pianist in Canada') by the author, Russell Merifield, on the half title. Some shelf wear. All detail inquiries welcome. 1st Edition.

What do Helen Keller, Pierre Trudeau, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Carnegie, Winston Churchill, Booker T. Washington, King Hussein and Stephen Leacock have in common? All of these people - and hundreds more - have been speakers at the Canadian Clubs. This book highlights the events and issues, many still topical today, that have shaped Canadian Clubs - and Canada - throughout the century.