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My Life at the Bar and Beyond
by Paterson, Alex
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773529888
- ISBN 13
- 9780773529885
- Seller
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Niagara Falls, New York, United States
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About This Item
USA: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book. Clean tightly bound copy. Unmarked pages. hint of shelf rubbing to the jacket. From the 1980 referendum to the Oka crisis, Alex Paterson played a critical role in the defining events of Quebec's recent history. "My Life at the Bar and Beyond" offers a candid look at his remarkable life and career. A litigation lawyer for fifty years, Paterson describes his most notorious cases, including his defence of Dr Ewen Cameron against claims by patients that they had been brainwashed in experiments funded by the CIA. He offers behind-the-scenes views of the fight against Bill 101, campaigning for the No Committee in the 1980 Quebec referendum, and the stand-off at Oka between Mohawks and the provincial police.Paterson also charts his involvement in establishing the Montreal University Health Centre and the plan to create English and French 'super hospitals' as well as directing the expansion of Bishop's University during his time as chancellor. Paterson is a polished raconteur and his revealing memoir includes tantalizing anecdotes about how a simple joke convinced Charles Bronfman to fund the Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University and the infamous cow that urinated on Boris Yeltzin during a tour of MacDonald College. L3.
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- Bookseller
- Niagara Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2229
- Title
- My Life at the Bar and Beyond
- Author
- Paterson, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773529888
- ISBN 13
- 9780773529885
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2005
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...