Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. A Boyhood in Muskoka: Blood, Religion, Sentiment, and Community, 1877–91 3
5. Onward, Ever Onward, Jack: Toronto and the Making of a Man, 1892–99 17
6. Selling Wood Products and Settling Down, 1899–1907 39
7. Partner, Promoter, and Believer, 1907–14 63
8. Bittersweet: St Lawrence Sugar and Regulation, 1912–63 94
9. Keep the Home Fires Burning: Fundraising for the ymca in Peace and for Canada in the Great War, 1909–19 123
10. Developing and Financing Tramways and Electricity, 1890–1925 148
11. The Rise and Fall of Holding Companies for Power and Paper, 1925–39 181
12. Almost a Jack of All Trades, 1911–39 212
13. Insecurities: McConnell’s Investments, 1921–39 241
14. Wider, Ever Wider Shall Thy Bounds Be Set: Social Life in Montreal, 1901–63 257
15. For King and Empire, 1927–39 289
16. Faith and Works: From Charity to Social Welfare and from Fundraising to Philanthropy, 1922–45 324
17. There’ll Always Be an England:The Second World War, 1939–45 351
18. The Dilemma of Conservative Politics, 1911–63 386
19. Press Barons, Publishers, and Editors: The Montreal Daily Star and Other Newspapers, 1925–53 421
20. Grandescunt Aucta Labore: Building McGill University for the Future, 1920–63 464
21. We Give Thee but Thine Own: The Making of the McConnell Foundation, 1928–63 507
22. Keep Right on to the End of the Road, 1945–63 546
23. J.W. McConnell’s Investment Holdings: An Overview, 1921–51 583
24. A Glimpse of the Interconnectedness of McConnell’s Circle 607
25. Notes 635
26. Bibliography 685
27. Index 713