Author: ORESKOVICH, CARLIE; SINCLAIR, GORDON (FOREWORD)
Title: Sir Henry Pellatt, the King of Casa Loma
Description: Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0075484560. "In this the first comprehensive biography of Sir Henry Pellatt ever written, we are told the story of a man who, when he began construction of his castle [Casa Loma] in 1911, was said to be one of the 23 people who 'owned' Canada. Ebullient, charming and manipulative, he had risen from virtual bankruptcy to accumulate a staggering fortune - largely through his nimble, if not always ethical, activities as a financier and stock trader. A visionary who foresaw the economic importance of hydro-electric power, he rose to a position of great wealth, but died a pauper." - dust jacket. xiv, 257 pages. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper and some soiling to top edge, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this extraordinary life story.; 8vo. Good in Fair dust jacket .

Keywords: 0075484560 Capitalists Financiers Ontario Canadiana