Ebook: Joey Smallwood: schemer and dreamer

Introduction : A Land like no Other -- On the Docks -- At the Beck of the Call -- A Yearning for Home -- Plotting the Scheme -- Confederates Together -- Living the Dream -- The Politician's Politician -- Fouling the Nest -- Of Family and Fortune -- At Loggerheads and Waterfalls -- Unfinished Business -- The Legend and the Legacy -- Postscript -- Chronology of Joey Smallwood.;Joey Smallwood, often dubbed the "only living Father of Confederation," won six provincial elections and was premier of Newfoundland for 23 years. A crafty, canny, controversial politician, he devoted himself passionately to the cause of his native province, which became part of Canada in 1949.