Canada's King: An Essay in Political Psychology
by Paul Roazen
from Mosaic Press (NY)
Garden of Dreams: Kingsmere and Mackenzie King
Mackenzie King: Citizenship and Community, Essays Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Birth of William Lyon Mackenzie King
from Robin Brass Studio
Sir George Mackenzie King's Advocate
by Andrew Lang
from Lawbook Exchange
Lang, Andrew. Sir George Mackenzie King's Advocate, of Rosehaugh, His Life and Times 1636(?)-1691. London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909. xi, 347 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-616-1. Cloth. * Reprint of the standard biography of MacKenzie. Lord Advocate during the reigns of Charles II and James II, MacKenzie persecuted Scottish Presbyterians with such zeal that he was known as "The Bloody MacKenzie." (In many cases, he bent the law to secure a conviction.) Also an important scholar and author, he founded the Advocates Library, which is now the National Library of Scotland. His works include The Laws and Customs of Scotland, In Matters Criminal (1678), which is available as a Lawbook Exchange Reprint.
W.L. Mackenzie King: A Bibliography and Research Guide
MacKenzie King's Ghost and Other Personal Accounts of Canadian Hauntings
William Lyon Mackenzie King: A memoir presented for the earnest consideration of all patriotic Canadians
A lifetime of public service;: A brief biographical sketch of Mackenzie King,
Memoirs of a Very Civil Servant: Mackenzie King to Pierre Trudeau
by Gordon Robertson
from University of Toronto Press
Born in Saskatchewan in 1917, Gordon Robertson worked at the centre of government power from 1945 until his retirement in 1979. He worked directly with Prime Ministers King, St-Laurent, Pearson, and Trudeau, serving as senior advisor to the latter two. Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 1953 to 1963, he also became the first Deputy Minister of the new Department of Northern Affairs under Jean Lesage. In this memoir he presents a first-hand account of the events and personalities that shaped Canada during the critical post-war period.
Robertson tells of Canada's development from colony to nation and the prime ministers who presided over the process. He provides an assessment of each prime minister in action: how they organized the cabinets, what their qualities were and how these related to their failures and successes. Himself influential in many areas of government, Robertson played a key role in the long debate on constitutional reform and national unity. Even after his retirement, he remained active as an unofficial contitutional networker.
Gordon Robertson has written no ordinary memoir. Along with the key events and personalities of his day he describes the development of his own ideas about the nature of Canada and its constitutional future. The result is a significant historical document, one that brings much insight to the history of post-war Canada.
The MacKenzie King Record, 1947-48
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