A Struggle to Walk With Dignity

The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian

ByGerald A. Archambeau

Published June 2008

Paperback

^$ 19.95

Description

Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age eighteen decided to join the railway as a passenger car porter. He worked for Canadian Pacific and Canadian National until the 1960s, when declining passenger rail traffic and the ascendence of air travel caused him to switch to a career with a major Canadian airline in Toronto.

After his retirement from the airline, Gerald and his wife, Marion, settled in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Reviews

Growing up in America/Canada taught us to always treat people fairly. The problem was most times it ended up backfiring as fairness was interpreted as weakness. I'm going to make it mandatory that everyone in our household reads A Struggle to Walk with Dignity. What is most amazing to me is the solid man who rose out of that struggle and even found time to fight for the rights of others.

producer, Miami, Florida

His experience as a Black immigrant arriving in Canada in the 1940s touches themes central to the country's identity. In the face of the racism he encountered, Archambeau never lost hope that positive change was possible and that he would assume a role in affecting such change.

Ottawa Life

...what you have is an autobiography that succeeds in maintaining your interest as it weaves in and out of different time frames and places.

BookPleasures.com

Contributors

Gerald A. Archambeau

Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and was sent to Montreal in 1947. He worked for Canadian Pacific and Canadian National until the 1960s, when declining passenger rail traffic and the ascendence of air travel caused him to switch to a career with a major Canadian airline in Toronto. After his retirement from the airline, Gerald settled in St. Catharines, Ontario.

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Book Details

Paperback
June 2008
5.5x8.5 in
277 pp
9780978498207

ePub
June 2008
-
277 pp
9781926577333