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Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable : How I Tried to Help the World's Most Notorious Mayor by Mark Towhey and Johanna Schneller (2015, Hardcover)
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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101634500423
ISBN-139781634500425
eBay Product ID (ePID)203681726
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Book TitleMayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable : How I Tried to Help the World's Most Notorious Mayor
Number of Pages360 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCorruption & Misconduct, World / Canadian, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Political
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMark Towhey, Johanna Schneller
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisRob Ford--the most ridiculed and scandal-ridden mayor--is an international celebrity. When the photo of him smoking crack cocaine circulated, garnering billions of hits, it was the icing on the cake. Ford, not just the favorite buffoon of late-night comics and journalists, was also a known alcoholic and the subject of legal, political, and police investigations--stripped of his mayoral powers by Toronto's City Council and a star subject in a murder investigation. Here for the first time, Ford's former chief of staff Mark Towhey, who tried to wrangle Ford during his highly public meltdown, comes clean, filling in incredible behind-the-scenes details previously unknown and providing invaluable context. With this highly anticipated and much-talked-about tell-all, we go deep into Ford's personal life, including his addictions and his rivalry with his brother; we watch him as he runs Toronto; we overhear hair-raising late-night phone calls and see private, after-hours events; and we also get the much-gossiped-about but little-known account of Towhey's desperate struggle to protect the mayor from himself. This juicy read is, like Ford, political candy, but it doesn't expose Ford for the sake of ridicule--it empathizes with him and explains him. It provides a fascinating portrait of twenty-first-century urban politics, as well as a character study of a larger-than-life personality, a mayor so colorful that he remains in office as a councillor and--despite it all--may one day become mayor again.
LC Classification NumberF1059.5.T6853
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- 08 Apr, 2024
But did the mayor really get enough help…? 
But did the mayor really get enough help…? Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
