National bestseller Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew -- in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world. "The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell." (Chapter 2) "From the moment I flipped his truck on the road home to Morinville..." (Chapter 3) "When I came back into Aquin's headquarters I had a broken nose." (Chapter 4) These are not lines that you expect in a prime ministerial memoir. But Paul Martin -- who led the country from ...
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National bestseller Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew -- in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world. "The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell." (Chapter 2) "From the moment I flipped his truck on the road home to Morinville..." (Chapter 3) "When I came back into Aquin's headquarters I had a broken nose." (Chapter 4) These are not lines that you expect in a prime ministerial memoir. But Paul Martin -- who led the country from 2003 to 2006 -- is full of surprises, and his book will reveal a very different man from the prime minister who had such a rough ride in the wake of the sponsorship scandal. Although he grew up in Windsor and Ottawa as the son of the legendary Cabinet Minister Paul Martin, politics was not in his blood. As a kid he loved sports, and had summer jobs as a deckhand or a roustabout. As a young man he plunged into family life, and into the business world. After his years as a "corporate firefighter" for Power Corporation came the excitement of acquiring Canada Steamship Lines in Canada's largest ever leveraged buy-out, "the most audacious gamble of my life." In 1988, however, he became a Liberal M.P., ran for the leadership in 1990 and in 1993 became Jean Chr???tien's minister of finance, with the country in a deep hole. The story of his years as perhaps our best finance minister ever leads to his account of the revolt against Chr???tien, and his time in office. Great events and world figures stud this book, which is firm but polite as it sets the record straight, and is full of wry humour and self-deprecating stories. Far from ending with his defeat in 2006, the book deals with his continuing passions, such as Canada's aboriginals and the problems of Africa. This is an idealistic, interesting book that reveals the Paul Martin we never knew. It's a pleasure to meet him.
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Fine. Signed by author. First tradepaper edition first printing in which Paul Martin looks back on his life during his political career. SIGNED by Paul Martin on the title page. It says "Best Wishes Paul Martin." Come with ticket stub to the event. In... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 504 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade.
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Fine. 0771056923. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. This copy seems to have been signed twice, inscribed by author to previous owner on title page beneath which there is a second generic Best Wishes and signature.; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches; 504 pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0771056923. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Inscribed by author to previous owner on title page. Light bruising to tips.; 9.099999990718000 X 5.999999993880000 X 1.499999998470000 inches; 504 pages.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0771056923. Inscribed by author on title page "Best Wishes-Paul Martin". Bruising to top outer tips of cover and dustjacket. Small puncture to rear d/j. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches; 504 pages; Signed by Author.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; ? Signed with a personal inscription on the title page by Paul Martin, this copy has a solid square binding with clean unmarked pages.
