Stars Appearing: The Galts Vision of Canada
Jane Harris

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Stars Appearing: The Galts Vision of Canada is the first book in a series that is designed to retrieve the vision and cultural legacy that spurred colonists to create a nation and change an empire. And it uncovers the fact that the vision Sir Alexander Galt shared with this friends Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George Etienne Cartier spread far beyond the continent. As the confederation story spread throughout British Empire, it turned colonies into nations. And it continues to come to pass...