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Please join us for an evening with Marc Garneau, Author of A Most Extraordinary Ride. Marc will be talking about, reading from and signing his new book. Tickets are FREE but must be reserved. Limited tickets are available. This evening will be moderated by Mark Lander, a local broadcaster currently at AM580 CKWW in Windsor.A captivating and inspiring memoir by Canada's first man in space.
On October 5th, 1984, Marc Garneau made history. Blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle and reaching a speed of 28,000 km/hour, he became the first Canadian to fly to outer space. That monumental achievement, now etched in Canadian history as one of our country’s proudest moments, inspired a nation and ushered in a new era of space exploration for Canada.
In between those two milestones in Garneau’s unprecedented career, he was the first Canadian, and the first non-American, to serve as CAPCOM, the voice of Mission Control for the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle. In the years that followed his historic first voyage to space, Garneau returned to space two more times, becoming the first Canadian to log three trips into orbit, and led the Canadian Space Agency through its most dynamic years.
In the House of Commons, Garneau would ultimately serve in two cabinet posts during some of the biggest events of the past decade.
It was no surprise, then, that when Marc Garneau announced his retirement after fourteen years in public service, many Canadians lamented the loss of an upstanding person who was not afraid to speak up for causes he believed in, even if that meant bucking his own party and its leader.
In A Most Extraordinary Ride, Garneau chronicles his once-improbable ascent from a mischievous teenager and rebellious naval midshipman to a decorated astronaut and statesman who represented Canada on the world stage – both on and off the planet. With candour and humour, Garneau describes the highs and lows of his life and career, including the awe he experienced first seeing the earth from space, the tragic loss of his first wife to mental illness and suicide, sailing across the Atlantic and back in a sailboat called "the Pickle," and witnessing the tragedy of the doomed shuttle Challenger.
Honest and illuminating, A Most Extraordinary Ride is a rare journey into the early years of Canada’s space program and an inside account of the joys and challenges of governing from one of Canada’s most distinguished citizens.
Garneau's book is being released on October 8, 2024. $40.
You can pre-order your copy and/or your ticket by messaging us here, calling the store or online at https://www.sarniabookkeeper.com/?q=h.tview
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The Book Keeper, 500 Exmouth St,Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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