An Evening with Marc Garneau (A Most Extraordinary Ride)

Name: An Evening with Marc Garneau (A Most Extraordinary Ride)
Start: 2024-11-20T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-20T20:00:00-06:00
Location: McNally Robinson Booksellers

Schedule

Wed Nov 20 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

McNally Robinson Booksellers | Winnipeg, MB

Join us for a special evening with Marc Garneau, Canada's first man in space, as he visits Winnipeg to discuss his memoir A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream (Signal). A book signing will follow.
https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780771016219/marc-garneau/a-most-extraordinary-ride
This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as a YouTube stream: https://youtube.com/live/wmrD4r91sQE
In A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, Marc 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.
Marc Garneau has distinguished himself in three distinct fields. As a naval officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, he spent 10 years as a combat systems engineer. In 1984, Garneau became the first Canadian astronaut to go to space and, from 2001 to 2005, was president of the Canadian Space Agency. As a federal politician, he has served as Liberal house leader, Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign affairs. He lives in Montreal with his wife, and has four children.