Secret craft

"Edward Farrer is one of the most mysterious figures in Canadian journalistic history and arguably one of the most brilliant. He became a key figure in Sir John A. Macdonald's last election campaign in 1891, when the prime minister identified him as the author of a secret pamphlet that advised the United States on how to bludgeon Canada into union." "In this biography Carman Cumming explores Farrer's annexation activities in the context of his entire career. An itinerant Irish writer who apparently fabricated a personal background, Farrer came to Canada about 1870. He worked for various…