A chosen path : from Moccasin Flats to Parliament Hill
"In A Chosen Path, Frank Oberle continues the amazing story of his remarkable rise from self-educated immigrant to national politician and Cabinet minister." "The best-selling first volume of Frank's autobiography, Finding Home, recounted his turbulent youth in Nazi-run Germany and his post-war immigration to Canada. After working for a year and a half-as a baker, logger, and miner-he earned enough to bring his future wife, Joan, from their homeland. They eventually settled in the brand-new community of Chetwynd, B.C., where he began his political life as a village councillor and later became mayor." "In A Chosen Path, we travel with Frank to Ottawa after his election to the House of Commons in 1972 and follow his six-term political career, which culminated in his appointment to Cabinet in 1985-first as Minister of State for Science and Technology, then four years later as Minister of Forestry. On the way, we are treated to incisive, often witty, behind-the-scenes looks at the politicians and issues of the day, along with Frank's straight-shooting assessments of our national leaders and the Prime Minister's Office." "Now a thoughtful observer more than a decade removed from that maelstrom of machinations that is our nation's capital, Frank sheds light on what is right and what is wrong in our political world. Book jacket."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2005
1st ed
Heritage House, Surrey, BC, ©2005