Love, hope, optimism
Subtitle: an informal portrait of Jack Layton by those who knew him
By: edited by James L. Turk and Charis Wahl
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781459402645
Subjects: Biographies; Politicians; Biography; Hommes politiques
Description: "When Jack Layton died unexpectedly in the summer of 2011, millions of people mourned the loss of a man who had emerged as a much-loved political leader. They saw him as someone who combined values they shared with a personal style they admired. In this book, co-editors James L. Turk and Charis Wahl have gathered stories and anecdotes about Jack Layton from a wide range of people who knew him at different stages during his life and career. These contributions offer an engaging and informal biographical portrait of Jack as a young man in Hudson, Quebec, as a lecturer at Ryerson University, as a Toronto city councillor, and as the leader of the NDP. The contributors include family and friends, colleagues, politicians, and constituents. Among them are Ed Broadbent, Sarah Layton, Svend Robinson, Tim Flannery, Peggy Nash, Jean Charest, Brian Topp, Cathy Crowe, Libby Davies, Joe Mihevc, Brad Lavigne, Anne McGrath, Shawn Atleo, and Adam Vaughan."--Publisher.
Notes: Issued also in an electronic format.
Table of contents: title: An early family portrait  -- Di McIntyre; title: The Laytons and Pipers in Hudson Quebec  -- John Piper; title: Fast friends  -- Richard Zajchowski; title: Like a duck to water  -- Doris Layton; title: Idealism and realpolitik -- Richard Zajchowski.