Title L.D. : Mayor Louis Taylor and the rise of Vancouver / Daniel Francis.

Publication Info.	Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (316 pages)
Summary	LD is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of eleven years. Taylor's story is also the story of Vancouver in the early decades of the 20th century, a young city experiencing a turbulent adolescence. Louis Taylor, or LD as he was known, arrived in Vancouver from Chicago in 1896 at the age of 39. He got involved in the newspaper business, first as an executive with The Daily Province, then as proprietor of The World, during which time he built the World Tower, wh.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Taylor, Louis Denison, 1857-1946.
	Taylor, Louis Denison, 1857-1946. (OCoLC)fst00509330
	Mayors -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Biography.
	Vancouver (B.C.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	Vancouver (B.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
	Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Reference.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Rich & Famous.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Royalty.
	HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
	Mayors. (OCoLC)fst01012869
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	British Columbia -- Vancouver. (OCoLC)fst01211882
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Francis, Daniel. LD : Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver. New York : Arsenal Pulp Press, ©2010 9781551521565
ISBN	9781551523262 (electronic bk.)
	1551523264 (electronic bk.)

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