{"product_id":"seasons-of-hope-memoirs-of-ontarios-first-aboriginal-lieutenant-governor-9781459733060","title":"Seasons of Hope: Memoirs of Ontario's First Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor","description":"\u003ci\u003e2016 Speaker's Book Award -- Shortlisted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA look back over Bartleman's seventy years, from his childhood of poverty to becoming the Queen's representative in Ontario.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e James Bartleman, Ontario's first Native lieutenant governor, looks back over seventy years to his childhood and youth to describe how learning to read at any early age led him to dream dreams, empowering him to serve his country as an ambassador. In time, Bartleman's exciting and fulfilling career as a Canadian diplomat took him to a dozen countries around the world, from Bangladesh to Cuba, and from Australia to South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After a vicious beating in a hotel room robbery in South Africa, however, he was forced to come to terms with a deepening depression. In the end, Bartleman found new meaning in life when he became the Queen's representative in Ontario and mobilized the public to support his initiatives championing books and education for Native children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeasons of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary man, and of his constant journey to hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459733060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"James Bartleman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40493588054197,"sku":"9781459733060","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_83eea7b4-e84d-42f6-acdf-92b0be1626fc.jpg?v=1626155602","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seasons-of-hope-memoirs-of-ontarios-first-aboriginal-lieutenant-governor-9781459733060","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}