Memoirs
Bernard Bohn (Jacket Photograph) Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1986. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 368 pages. Includes 30 black and white illustrations of Levesque and his associates. Signed by the author on the half title page. Includes Translator's Note, Acknowledgments, and Foreword. Topics covered include Leavetaking; Once Upon a Time...; Times of Apocalypse; Our Far-Flung Correspondent; The So-Called Quiet Revolution; Option Quebec; First Term of Office; and Winner Lose All; these sections are comprised of 43 chapters. René Lévesque GOQ (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985, the 23rd since Confederation. Starting his career as a reporter, and radio and television host, he later became known for his eminent role in Quebec's nationalization of hydro, and as an ardent defender of Quebec sovereignty. He was the founder of the Parti Québécois, and before that, a Liberal minister in the Lesage government from 1960 to 1966 and the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate the political independence of Quebec. Philip Stratford (October 13, 1927 – April 23, 1999) was a Canadian translator, professor and poet. Winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award, Stratford was also well recognized for his translations of works by Antoine Maillet, René Lévesque and Robert Melaçon and published articles on English and French-Canadian literature and translation. He has been collected by libraries. No individual has had a greater impact on the historical evolution of Quebec, and Canada, over the past quarter century, than Rene Levesque. In his eagerly awaited Memoirs, the former Quebec Premier and founder and leader of the Parti Quebecois describes in telling detail the behind-the-scenes experiences of his time of influence and power in the Lesage government of 1960-66--as overseer of the nationalization of Hydro-Quebec, the symbolic cornerstone of change, as the "lefty" conscience and soul of the Quiet Revolution, and as a man moving inexorably toward a stance of independence for the country he had chosen--and as Premier from 1976-1985. More than a political memoir, this is also the story of Rene Levesque and his country, Quebec; it is an account, too, of the many small incidents and events in his life, at home and abroad, that led him to aspire to become "master in his own house" during the Lesage years; and it tells of the longing for a separate, sovereign nation of Quebec that deeply affected so many Quebecers until the fateful referendum on May 20, 1980. That same longing remains a force in Quebec today. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Quebec, Prime Ministers, Canada, Politics & Government, Parti Quebecois, Journalist, Hydro-Quebec, Separatist, Radio-Canada, Politicians, Television Host, News Media, Bernard Bohn, Lesage
ISBN: 0771052855
[Book #81146]
Price: $125.00