Publisher's Synopsis
During his distinguished career, Donald Swainson established his reputation as a popular Canadian historian with his biography of Sir John A. Macdonald: The Man and the Politician and as a local historian with Kingston: Building on the Past (co-authored by Brian Osborne). Before his untimely death, he compiled a collection of his essays on local history, arguing for the historical value of a sense of place in such essays as Why Examine Local History? The Canadian Case.l? For 30 years as a professor, author, and activist, Donald Swainson committed himself to exemplifying this argument, writing such articles as The Early Years of St. George s Cathedral, Dileno Dexter Calvin: Garden Island Patriarch, and Kingston s Eroding Heritage. "
