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I Am a Metis: The Story of Gerry St. Germain

I Am a Metis: The Story of Gerry St. Germain

O'Neil, Peter

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ISBN10: 1550177842
ISBN13: 9781550177848
Publisher: Harbour Pub
Published: Mar 4 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.06
Language: English

Gerry St. Germain's story begins in Petit Canada on the shores of the Assiniboine, growing up with his two younger sisters, his mother and his father--a shy Metis trapper and construction worker who sometimes struggled to put food on the table. St. Germain was initially troubled in school, scrapping with classmates and often skipping out to shoot pool, but an aunt and uncle with some extra cash paid his tuition to Catholic school, where a nun recognized his aptitude for math and encouraged him to pursue his dreams. He would go on to become an air force pilot, undercover policeman and West Coast chicken farmer. Business gave way to politics, and in 1988 he became one of a tiny number of Aboriginal Canadians named to a federal cabinet. That milestone was just one of many for a man who played a critical role in Canada's Conservative movement for a generation.

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