Just Watch Me by John English

Just Watch Me by John English

This magnificent second volume, written with exclusive access to Trudeau's private papers and letters, 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.

His life is one of Canada's most engrossing stories. John English reveals how for Trudeau style was as important as substance, and how the controversial public figure intertwined with the charismatic private man and committed father. He traces Trudeau's deep friendships (with women especially, many of them talented artists, like Barbra Streisand) and bitter enmities; his marriage and family tragedy. He illuminates his strengths and weaknesses -- from Trudeaumania to political disenchantment, from his electrifying response to the kidnappings during the October Crisis, to his all-important patriation of the Canadian Constitution, and his evolution to influential elder statesman.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9780676975246
ISBN 10	0676975240
Title	Just Watch Me
Author	John English
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-09-07
Number of pages	832
Prizes	Winner of Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing 2009, Short-listed for Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award - Non-fiction Book of the Year 2010, Short-listed for Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction 2010, Short-listed for Dafoe Book Prize 2010, Short-listed for Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction 2010
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