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Rod McQueen

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As a journalist for thirty years I've been lucky enough to live and work professionally in London, England, Washington, D.C., Florence, Italy, and Toronto, Canada, where I now live. During that time I've written for numerous magazines and newspapers, and have also done broadcast work. My major focus has been business, the economy, and international trade, but I've also written about politics and entertainment. As the author of more than a dozen books I won the National Business Book Award for Who Killed Confederation Life? and the Canadian Authors Association award in history for the #1 best-seller, The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Royal Family.

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On a stone parapet that forms part of the main rail line into Guelph, Ontario, there’s a tablet that reads,  “This tablet marks the spot where John Galt, General Agent of the Canada Company, cut the first tree in the founding of the City of Guelph, April 23rd 1827.” 
As a boy growing up in Guelph in the 1950s, for some reason I memorized the words. When I realized that today was April 23, my youth

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The Eatons: The Rise and Fa...

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Driven to Succeed: How Fran...

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The Icarus Factor

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Fantasy in Florence

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