Bag man A life in Nova Scotia politics Tapa dura - 1993

Key Porter Books, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1993 'Bagman' is about ordinary men and women and a crooked system. " No one ever played Nova Scotia's brutal, bare-knuckle game of politics better than Tory bagman Donald Ripley. Even though it nearly destroyed him, he has survived to mortify the mighty and entertain the rest of us." (said by Stevie Cameron). This book may help show the public that politicians are like those who elect them: imperfect, greedy, sad, sometimes even lovable, but never dull. The contents provide a prologue, Part 1....The Stanfield and Regan Years, 1956-1979 (10 chapters), Part 2....Buchanan Ascendant 1978-1984 (8 chapters), Part 3....Buchanan In Decline 1984-1990 (12 chapters). Repleat with index. Name to ffep. A nice bright book in a photo, price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Key Porter Books. Used - Good. Bargain book!

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Political corruption in Nova Scotia. Some soiling on page edges. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Otherwise, very clean and tight..

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pp, index, signed by Ripley on the ffep; minor foxing to the top & side page edges, otherwise a clean, tight copy. [21]

This is a rollicking tour through the rough and rockey byways of Nova Scotia politics. From former Liberal Premier Gerald Regan's penny-pinching early career as a hockey promoter, and John Buchanan's irate encouters with drivers who refused to plough the snow on Tory back roads, to the final days of the lawyer, John Grant, who slashed his own throat in a Halifax hotel room rather than face disbarment. (Rear dust jacket)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Political corruption in Nova Scotia. Very clean and tight. Price sticker on back cover and small mark on endpaper..

Toronto: Key Porter Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550134779 . 249 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket edges lightly worn. Prev owner's name on ffep. A prominent stockbroker and fundraiser for the Nova Scotia Conservative Party relates the inside story of ordinary people and a crooked system. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Key Porter, 1993. Hard Cover. Very good.

Bagman A Life in Nova Scotia Politics is a VG hc by Key Porter, Toronto 1993, (4), 249 pages, indexed. A political exposee by a Conservative fundraiser. .