My Life at the Bar And Beyond

McGill-Queen's University Press is proud to announce Footprints Series edited by renowned McGill University historian Suzanne Morton. The life stories of individual women and men who were participants in interesting events help nuance larger historical narratives, at times reinforcing those narratives, at others contradicting them. Footprints introduces extraordinary Canadians, past and present, who have led fascinating and important lives at home and throughout the world. Alex Paterson grew up in Montreal during the Duplessis era and watched the Quiet Revolution transform Quebec from a deeply religious and almost agrarian society into a modern and secular state. From the 1980 referendum to the Oka crisis, he played a critical role in the defining events of Quebec's recent history.