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Ralph Allen. Ordeal by Fire
Ordeal by Fire
Table of Contents
I
A sunny people, and a sunny year— “One Flag, One Fleet, One Throne”
II
The Lauriers of St. Lin—The Bordens of. Nova Scotia—The Bourassas and Papineaus. of Montebello
III
The strange, voluptuous fascination of. the tariff—The Conservatives take over. with help from abroad
IV
The incomparable Sam Hughes
V
An obnoxious young man named Winston. Churchill—The defeat of the naval bill
VI
The Stringency and the collapse of the. land boom—Farewell to Eureka Park
VII
The king and the duke—The strange saga. of Mackenzie and Mann and the Canadian. Northern Railway
VIII
Colonel Hughes creates the first contingent—“There. is only one feeling as to Sam, that. he is crazy.”
IX
Life and death in the trenches—The gas. attack at Ypres
X
Pacifism and isolationism—The battles. of Loos and the Mound
XI
The remarkable adventures of Colonel J. Wesley. Allison
XII
The most loved, hated, and debated military, weapon of its time: the Ross rifle
XIII
Exit Sam Hughes—“Tell ’em to go like blazes!”
XIV
The fateful hinge of Verdun—The counterhinge. of the Somme—Enter the “landship,” cistern, or. reservoir, finally called the tank
XV
Quebec has its second thoughts about the war—Ontario. has its second thoughts about. Quebec—The fight over the schools. and the Mlles. Desloges
XVI
The battle of Vimy Ridge
XVII
Conscription—Union government and the. fall of Laurier
XVIII
Passchendaele—The last German counterattack
XIX
The Black Day and the Hundred Days—The battle. in the air and Canada’s part
XX
The hazards of peace—The Winnipeg. general strike
XXI
The Age of the Aging Turks—The departure. of Robert Laird Borden
XXII
The advent of Arthur Meighen—The expensive. luxury of lecturing Mackenzie King
XXIII
William Lyon Mackenzie King—The two women. in his life—The labor conciliator and. the disciple of Laurier
XXIV
King and the Rockefellers—Mother Jones. and the Colorado mines—A plan that worked
XXV
Industry and Humanity—King becomes. his party’s leader
XXVI
The pull of gravity and the U.S.A.—“WLW, the. Nation’s Station, Cincinnati!”—The Black and. Tans and the surge of nationalism—The tour. of the Prince of Wales
XXVII
The farmers try their strength—The rise of. the Progressives and the beginning. of their fall
XXVIII
The Chanak affair—Canada rejects the. motto “Ready, aye, ready!”
XXIX
The emergence of the Left—James Woodsworth. and Tim Buck
XXX
Prohibition in the United States and rumrunning. in Canada—“Lean up against the counter. and make a gurgling sigh.”
XXXI
Another close victory for the government—The. customs scandal comes into the open—The. barge Tremblay, Chicago Benny, Joseph Bisaillon, and Moses Aziz
XXXII
The Constitutional Crisis—The Liberals. evade a desperate defeat and Meighen makes. way for R. B. Bennett
XXXIII
The splendid euphoria of the rumrunning. days—The Diamond Jubilee and the. Briand-Kellogg Pact
XXXIV
The market crash and the Depression—King’s. historic Five-Cent Piece
XXXV
King loses his confidence—Bennett. inherits the Depression
XXXVI
The great bonanza of Beauharnois—A few. hundred thousand dollars for a few. enterprising senators
XXXVII
R. B. Bennett comes to office—The unlucky. coincidence with Herbert Hoover
XXXVIII
The Left makes its bid—Disappointments for. the C.C.F. and the Communists, for. Woodsworth and Tim Buck
XXXIX
The resurgence of the provinces—Social Credit. and William Aberhart—The astonishing. revolt of R. B. Bennett
XL
Canada saves and then helps destroy the. League of Nations—Munich, Ethiopia, and. the start of the Second World War
$11,004 NEEDED STILL BY FRESH AIR FUND
FOIL GRIMSBY BANK HOLDUP, NAB SUSPECT
SENATOR FRANK O’CONNOR DIES, LONG ILL
COBB SETS WORLD MARK, 368.85 M.P.H
TORONTO MAN NEW SALVATION ARMY HEAD
WOUNDED FATHER AND SON ROUT THREE GUNMEN
BLAST WRECKS HOUSE, ALARMS NEIGHBORS
XLI
King meets two challenges—First from. Duplessis and Quebec, then from. Hepburn and Ontario
XLII
The Canadian Army and its false starts—The. Air Force and the Battle of Britain
XLIII
The Royal Canadian Navy—The handy whaling. ship called the corvette—The Battle. of the Atlantic
XLIV
The R Men and the A Men—The start of another. long dispute over conscription—The disaster. of Hong Kong
XLV
The magnificent fiasco of Dieppe—Its. costs and its returns
XLVI
Franklin D. Roosevelt and some important bargains. between Canada and the United States—Meighen. loses a by-election—The plebiscite
XLVII
Goebbels views the R.C.A.F.—Some difficulties. over the Air Training Plan—The campaign. in Sicily
XLVIII
The firing of McNaughton—Italy and the. battle of Ortona
XLIX
The question of a unified Empire again—The. disastrous speech of Lord Halifax
L
The assault into Normandy—The advance to. the Scheldt
LI
The reinforcement problem—McNaughton. re-enters and Ralston departs
LII
Conscription again—The Zombies go to war—The. end of the battle in Europe
LIII
The departure of the Aging Turks—Ontario. gets a new school reader
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