{"product_id":"fight-or-submit-standing-tall-in-two-worlds-9781770415669","title":"Fight or Submit: Standing Tall in Two Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eUnsettling Canada: A National Wake Up Call\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReconciliation Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e comes an inspiring memoir of assassination attempts, poverty, hard work and success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the opening to his memoir, Grand Chief Ron Derrickson says his \"story is not a litany of complaints but a list of battles\" that he has fought. And he promises he will not be overly pious in his telling of them. \"As a businessman,\" he writes, \"I like to give the straight goods.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFight or Submit\u003c\/i\u003e, Derrickson delivers on his promise and it turns out he has a hell of a story to tell. Born and raised in a tarpaper shack, he went on to become one of the most successful Indigenous businessmen in Canada. As a political leader, he served as Chief of the Westbank First Nation for a dozen years and was made a Grand Chief by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe has been the target of a full Royal Commission and an assassination attempt by a hitman hired by local whites. As Chief, he increased his community's revenues by 3500% and led his people into a war in the forest over logging rights. This is the determined and direct story of an Indigenous entrepreneur who, in the face of hatred and violence, always lifted his community up and had fun along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770415669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Ronald M. Derrickson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38018524840117,"sku":"9781770415669","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_56a3c861-39f3-4bc5-a674-24ade445280f.jpg?v=1609169673","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fight-or-submit-standing-tall-in-two-worlds-9781770415669","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}