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Campbell, Sandra.
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Pierce, Lorne, 1890-1961.
Ryerson Press -- Employees -- Biography.
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Campbell, Sandra.
Pierce, Lorne, 1890-1961.
Ryerson Press -- Employees -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- Canada -- Biography.
Editors -- Canada -- Biography.
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Both hands : a life of Lorne Pierce of
Ryerson
Press
/ Sandra Campbell.
by
Campbell, Sandra.
McGill-Queen's University Press, c2013.
Call #:
070.5092 P616c
Subjects
Pierce, Lorne, 1890-1961.
Ryerson
Press
--
Employees
--
Biography
.
Publishers and publishing
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
Editors
--
Canada
--
Biography
.
ISBN:
9780773541160 (hc.)
Description:
644 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Editor and publisher, workaholic and romantic, idealist and pioneer, Lorne Pierce once described his editorial desk as "an altar at which I serve - the entire cultural life of Canada." Pierce laboured at his altar between 1920 and 1960 as the driving force behind
Ryerson
Press
, the leading publisher of Canadian works during the mid-twentieth century. In Both Hands, Sandra Campbell captures the inimitable cultural role of a remarkable man whose work paved the way for the creation of a national identity."--Back cover.
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Woodlawn Public Library
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