Canada’s Yankee Railroad Czar

A new biography reveals Van Horne's private tragedies as well as his public accomplishments.

Mark Lovewell

From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne

Valerie Knowles

The Dundurn Group

501 pages, hardcover

ISBN: 1550024884

Mark Lovewell

Mark Lovewell has held various senior roles at Ryerson University. He is also one of the magazine’s contributing editors.