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Memoirs by Pierre Elliott Trudeau is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Memoirs about?
Pierre Trudeau was prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. This is his story, told in his own words. Take a look through the book. When you do, you will find that this remarkable memoir has many qualities. It PERSONAL As if he were sitting across the table from you, Pierre Trudeau reminisces about his life in an informal, direct way. He starts with his memories of his family, especially his mother and father, to whom the book is dedicated. There are memorable events from childhood here, such as a visit to complain to the principal on his second day at school. Later there is a lunchroom encounter with a high school bully and then, at the age of fifteen, real tragedy. Aroused by the ringing of the telephone, I came out of my room to go downstairs and find out what was happening. But I froze on the landing when I heard the awful Your father is dead, Pierre. PHILOSOPHICAL After an extensive education in Montreal, Boston, London, and Paris, Trudeau set off with a backpack to travel around the world. He tells how he went through one war zone after another, encountering armed bandits and being arrested in wartime Jordan as a Jewish spy. These adventures and furth
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Inc
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780771000362
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.97 / 5 (189 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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