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Twenty-First Century Irvings (Revised)

Harvey Sawler

9781551099446
234 pages
Nimbus Publishing
Overview

Three generations after the Irving family arrived in Canada from Scotland, the name K. C. Irving hit the Forbes top billionaires list, making K. C. one of the richest men in the world and the most powerful businessperson in Canada.

But there is much more to the Irving story than the fascinating and brilliant K. C. and his immediate legacy. Twenty-first Century Irvings takes a careful look at both the family foundations upon which this empire was built and the dozen or more individuals who, in the twenty-first century, constitute the future of this important business family.

A business story, a family story, and a Maritime story, Twenty-first Century Irvings is a book for anyone interested in or affected by the legendary Irvings of New Brunswick.

This new edition includes an afterword from the author about recent developments in the Irving family business.

Author Bio
Harvey Sawler has written more than a dozen books, including contemporary fiction, non-fiction, and historical fiction. Sawler is a skilled biographer as he showed in Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics. And he is well-versed in the rich Atlantic music scene, having written about the late Ron Hynes (One Man Grand Band: The Lyrical Life of Ron Hynes) and Dutch Mason, one of Canada's best-known blues men (On the Road with Dutch Mason). He lives on Prince Edward Island, where he also works in branding and creative copywriting.