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Corporate Navigator The Life of Frank Manning Covert
by Bruce, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 077101709X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771017094
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 077101709X . B&W Photographs; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; ix, 294 pages; Hard cover is blue with silver lettering on the spine. DJ, small crease on rear flap. Pages are clean and tight; appears as NEW. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 'Frank Manning Covert, OC OBE DFC QC,1908 – 1987, was a Canadian lawyer. ..From 1940 to 1942, he served with the Department of Munitions and Supply and was a protégé of the C. D. Howe. He enlisted in the RCAF in September 1942. On May 10, 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A well known corporate director, he served on more than 50 corporate boards, including the Royal Bank of Canada. In 1982, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of having "shown outstanding ability in the field of industrial relations" and "given generously of his counsel and leadership to universities, hospitals and charitable organizations." Index. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Corporate Navigator The Life of Frank Manning Covert
- Author
- Bruce, Harry
- Format/Binding
- First Printing; Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 077101709X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771017094
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 077101709X, Reference;, Canada;, Canadian History;, Biography;, Lawyers;, Cultural History;, Social History;, Business History;, Businessmen;
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