Joseph Lyons: The People's Prime Minister (repost)
Anne Henderson, "Joseph Lyons: The People's Prime Minister"
2012 | ISBN: 174223142X | PDF | 480 pages | 7 MB
2012 | ISBN: 174223142X | PDF | 480 pages | 7 MB
As the first full biography of Joseph Lyons, this book recounts the life of the prime minister responsible for leading Australia through the Great Depression and beyond. A detailed account, it chronicles Lyons' beginnings as a Tasmanian Labor premier in the 1920s, his subsequent rise to fame within the Scullin Labor Cabinet, and the instrumental role he played in the formation of the United Australia Party. This biography will offer new insights into Joseph Lyons as well as the political structure that he helped shape.