Canada’s Entrepreneurs: From the Fur Trade to the 1929 Stock Market Crash
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by J. Andrew Ross & Andrew D. Smith
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2011
606 pp., illus., $39.95 paperback
Those familiar with Canada’s seminal biographical reference, the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, will know that the print volumes publish biographies by the order of the death date of the subjects. The challenge of searching specific historical figures by name or subject area was made significantly easier when this reference was brought online in 2003.
Through their selection of sixty-one biographies of Canadian entrepreneurs, J. Andrew Ross and Andrew D. Smith help to make this rich collection even more accessible for their intended audience. Wherever possible, the original authors of the biographies were invited to update their work based on new historical evidence that has appeared since the original time of publication.
On the whole, editing has been minimal. However, in packaging the biographies together and enhancing them with captioned images and a list of suggested readings for those seeking even more information about these persons, Ross and Smith succeed in providing context and perspective for the accomplishments of these extraordinary people.
— Deborah Morrison (Read bio)
Deborah Morrison is the executive director of SEVEC and the former president and CEO of Canada’s History Society.