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Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 |
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| Format | Hardcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 978-0-676-97523-9 | |
| Pages | 790 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $39.95 | |
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| Written by John English. Published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2009. Description: |
| Just Watch Me explores one of the most intriguing,
remarkable political leaders of our times, a man whose private and public lives
often meshed in the country's headlines, both exciting and baffling
Canadians. Effortlessly bilingual, intellectual, physically adventurous, he enthralled crowds, captivated his colleagues, and infuriated many. He was a charismatic politician who fundamentally changed the course of a nation, carrying it to unexpected places. Written with exclusive access to Trudeau's private papers and letters, Just Watch Me completes what The Globe and Mail called "the most illuminating Trudeau portrait yet written" — sweeping us from sixties' Trudeaumania to his final days when he debated his faith. John English illuminates Trudeau's strengths and weaknesses—from promise to disenchantment; from his electrifying response to the kidnappings during the October crisis to his all-important patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that influenced politics, law, and society; and, finally, to influential elder statesman through the Meech and Charlottetown Accords. His life is one of the more engrossing stories: the controversial public figure intertwining with the private man and committed father; the civil libertarian who loved power because of what it could achieve but who found the demands of politics difficult; the deep friendships (with women especially, many of them talented artists, like Barbra Streisand) and bitter enmities; his marriage and family tragedy. John English's first volume, Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-1968, was acclaimed for its narrative drive and its fresh, honest take on Trudeau's early life. In volume two, English shows that Canada would have developed as a different country without Trudeau. "Just watch me!" will always evoke memories of Trudeau's unequivocal response to the October Crisis, but the phrase also serves as a motto for his full performance in life. The first volume of John English's bestselling, critically acclaimed life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Citizen of the World won the Dafoe Book Prize and the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography. John English is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo; the executive director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario. |
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