Children's Nonfiction Historical
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2006
- Category
- Historical
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 5 to 8
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550417746
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $8.95
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
Seldom has there been a political leader so complex, so impossible to predict, so difficult to understand, so private and yet so public, as Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979, and again from 1980 to 1984.
About the author
Richard Gwyn is one of Canada’s best-known and most highly-regarded political columnists. He is also the author of seven bestselling books including The Northern Magus and Nation Maker. He is the winner of two National Newspaper Awards, a National Magazine Award, and of five citations for merit. A journalist since 1953, Gwyn was the national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star and a frequent commentator on CBC television and radio. In 2002 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.