A friend told me he has been enjoying Allan Levine's new The Dollar A Year Men. I haven't seen it myself but here's a bit from the publisher's summary:
When Canada went to war in 1939, the goal was to provide the British with the ships, planes, and weapons that it desperately needed to defend their island against Nazi Germany. But at the time, Canada had little to offer in terms of military hardware. That was when Canada recruited top business leaders to take charge. In six years, they turned Canada into one of the greatest military powers in the world. They helped to win the war, and in the process they turned Canada’s economy into a modern industrial one. What’s more, they served the country for a dollar a year, or even nothing. This is an inspiring and patriotic story for Canadians in a time of crisis.
Same friend tells me Allan even cited a long-ago piece of my ephemeral journalism for something I said long ago about one of his people. I don't think I have a copy of it anymore.
