Tommy Douglas

Lam, Vincent.

DAISY Sound Recording 2011

Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism and the crucial role of civil rights. Douglas, a championship boxer and Baptist minister, later exchanged his pulpit for politics, sitting as a federal MP and then serving for 17 years as premier of Saskatchewan, where he introduced the universal health-insurance system that would eventually be adopted across Canada. As leader of the national NDP, he was a staunch advocat...

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Douglas, T. C. (Thomas Clement), 1904-1986

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Premiers (Canada) Saskatchewan Biography

Saskatchewan Politics and government 1944-1964

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ISBN:

9780616642740
0616642741

Description:

1 DAISY disc (5 hours, 43 minutes) : sound ; 4 3/4 in
digital DAISY format
4 3/4 in

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Originally published in 2011
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Narrator: Richard Mortimer
Reproduced from: Toronto : Penguin Group (Canada), 2011. 9780670068517
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression. Compression rate: 32
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible ; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive ; sound card and sound output device ; Daisy playback software or DAISY talking book player

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2911842

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Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Mortimer, Richard, narrator

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