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The Last Spike (book)

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Originally published
  
1 January 1971

Genre
  
Non-fiction

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Author
  
Pierre Berton

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Awards
  
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

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Works by Pierre Berton, Canada books

The Last Spike is a 1971 Canadian non-fiction book by Pierre Berton describing the construction and completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1881 and 1885. It is a sequel to Berton's 1970 book The National Dream. Both books formed the basis for the TV miniseries The National Dream.

The book won the 1971 Governor General's Award for English-language non-f'iction.

Editions

  • 1971 (McClelland and Stewart): ISBN 0-7710-1327-2
  • 1974, combined with The National Dream (McClelland and Stewart): ISBN 0-7710-1332-9
  • 2001 (Anchor Canada): ISBN 0-385-65841-9

    • References

    The Last Spike (book) Wikipedia
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