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Andre Laurendeau:Witness for Quebec: Witness for Quebec
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Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1973
ISBN 10: 0770510027
ISBN 13: 9780770510022
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Andre Laurendeau: Witness for Quebec
Published by
The Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1973
ISBN 10: 0770510027
ISBN 13: 9780770510022
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Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Rear Free Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Sticker; Boards Stained Where Jacket Was Once Taped On; Spine Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. ALSO KNOWN AS: The Conscription Crisis, 1942, was originally published as La Crise de la conscription, 1942, copyright Editions du Jour, 1962. The original selections from Le Devoir are copyright the estate of Andre Laurendeau. The selections from Le Magazine Maclean have been collected in the volume Ces choses qui nous arrivent, copyright Editions H.M.H. Ltee, 1970. INTRODUCTION BY: Claude Ryan. JACKET DESIGN BY: Robert Burgess Garbutt. CONTENTS: Introduction: Andre Laurendeau by Claude Ryan; Editor's Note; The Conscription Crisis, 1942; from Le Devoir; from Le Magazine Maclean; Index. SYNOPSIS: Andre Laurendeau was best known in English Canada as the co-chairman of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. In French Canada he was best known as the outstanding journalist of his generation. A committed Quebec nationalist, he contributed mainly to L'Action Nationale, to Le Devoir (where he became editor-in-chief), and to Le Magazine Maclean. Witness for Quebec is a selection of some of Andre Laurendeau's most important works, presented in English for the first time. It opens with a complete translation of his short book The Conscription Crisis, 1942, in which Laurendeau describes in a personal and compelling way that excruciating period in Quebec-Canada relations. The second section of the book is made up of articles written for Le Devoir, and the third section contains pieces from Le Magazine Maclean. These essays, written over the twenty post-war years, include an unusual series describing Laurendeau's feelings as a Quebecker visiting western Canada, and a startlingly prescient long review of Pierre Trudeau's first book. Witness for Quebec is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Quebec; the charm and personal appeal of Andre Laurendeau's writing, admirably preserved in Philip Stratford's translation, makes it a stimulating book for any reader. Philip Stratford is Professor of English at the University of Montreal. His most recent publication is The Portable Graham Greene, which he edited. Claude Ryan, who has contributed the introduction, was a long-time friend and colleague of Andre Laurendeau. He is the publisher of Le Devoir. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 001362
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