Unknown and unforgettable : a guide to Canada's prime ministers / Gary Schlee.

Who exactly were Canada's 23 leaders? What did they do? How did they live their political and personal lives? Unknown and Unforgettable portrays each Prime Minister from Sir John A. Macdonald to Justin Trudeau with lucid thoroughness. Each profile includes brief stories about milestones in their lives. Detailed timelines for each leader are included.Canadians are looking at their Prime Ministers through changing, critical eyes, making Unknown and Unforgettable a timely volume.""Gary Schlee has produced a very useable, highly readable compendium of information on our Prime Ministers and leavened it with a number of highly interesting, contextual, historical narratives. Learning and enjoying at the same time is an unbeatable accomplishment. I'll be keeping it handy." David Crombie, former cabinet minister and Toronto mayor"Gary Schlee, organized thinker that he is, has accomplished the unimaginable – a compendium of all Canadian prime ministers to date. Unlike their official biographies, Schlee’s bite-sized profiles, bullets, genealogies and timelines give us – whether historians or casual readers – uncluttered, uncensored and understandable sketches of what one PM described as 'the toughest job in the land'." Ted Barris, author of Dam Busters and The Great Escape."It has been 50 years since Gary Schlee and I enrolled as journalism students. In the five decades that followed, I thought he had done it all in our chosen profession: radio; newspaper editor; corporate communicator; college communications professor. But now, with the publication of this book, I see that he’s not finished! Gary’s unique and detailed snapshot of all 23 of Canada’s Prime Ministers is one more extension to his storied career." Dennis McCloskey, author of My Favorite American