Boys who made good

• Main Author: Wallace, Archer, b. 1884
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Musson Book Co., Ltd. 1930
• Subjects: Biography > Juvenile literature; Youth > Conduct of life; Success; esquimaux; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/93945

This book contains short biographies of men who overcame poverty and poor living conditions as young boys to become quite successful in adulthood; all gave back to society either through their work, philanthropy, or both. Chapter 12 focuses on Donald Smith, who left Scotland as a young man and came to Canada to work or the Hudson's Bay Company. The Governor of the company, Sir George Simpson, took a great dislike to Smith, and sent him to the company's post in Esquimaux Bay, in Northern Labrador, as punishment for a perceived wrongdoing. Smith persevered through many hardships, creating a comfortable home and new roads in this inhospitable place. He became a success through his involvement with the Canadian Pacific Railway and Empress Steamships, and was eventually knighted, and then given the title Lord Strathcona.