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The Idea of Canada: Letters to a Nation

The Idea of Canada: Letters to a Nation

Johnston, David

Paperback

Biographies GeneralPolitical BiographiesGeneral Political Science

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0771047223
ISBN13: 9780771047220
Publisher: Signal Books
Published: Aug 20 2019
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

From our former Governor General, The Idea of a Nation is a series of fifty--of several thousand--carefully chosen letters he has written to people he has admired and befriended over his seventy-plus years, that sets out David Johnston's frank, informed, and novel thoughts about Canada.

Touching on a wide range of topics ranging from learning, the law, kindness and courage, to the monarchy, Aboriginal education, justice, bilingualism, mental health, and hockey, David Johnston has always used the letter writing form to tackle the passions, challenges, and goals of his incredibly accomplished and varied life. From his earliest years at Harvard, he has written several letters each day, starting with those to his large family, and broadening out to an ever-widening circle of friends that includes ministers and monarchs, educators and entrepreneurs, and many extraordinary Canadians who have deepened his perspective and touched his heart. The letters included in this beautiful volume are all about Canada--a project to help him understand and share his views on this great country, past, present, and future.

Presented in three parts--What Shapes Me, What Consumes Me, and What Comforts Me--The Right Honourable David Johnston reaches out to his grandchildren, Kevin Vickers, Clara Hughes, Chris Hadfield, the Aga Khan, Tina Fontaine, Mike Lazaridis, the teachers of our country, a grade five class in Winnipeg, an unknown Inuit boy he met at Rideau Hall, and many others. The perfect gift for graduates, this unique and lovely book should find its home in every Canadian's library.

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