THEY CALL ME TEACHER, The Life and Times of Sir Howard Cooke, by Jackie Ranston (1st Ed. SIGNED)

Author: Jackie Ranston. Published by Ian Randle publishers, Kingston, Jamaica, 2003, 1st Edition. SIGNED, dedicated and dated by the Author. Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with lovely fold out French-Style covers. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inch, 171 pages includes index.  

THEY CALL ME TEACHER, The Life and Times of Sir Howard Cooke, by Jackie Ranston, is at once the personal tale of a unique individual overcoming the odds and an `everyman's' catalogue of experiences, common to many who grew up in colonial Jamaica.

Born in 1915 to a family whose home had once been the converted slave barracks on an old sugar estate, Sir Howard Cooke looks back on a life that mirrors the history of modern Jamaica. From rebellious schoolboy to Mico scholar, his subsequent years as teacher throughout the 1930s were a time of extreme social and political ferment in Jamaica.
As a young man, he was swiftly swept up into the political centre as Jamaica moved towards the formation of trade unions and political parties on the march to self-government. He was there as a founding member of the People's National Party, a participant in Jamaica Welfare and the start of community organisation, a member of the short-lived Federation of the West Indies, an elected representative and minister of government for eight years.

THEY CALL ME TEACHER paints with vivid clarity the `rags to riches' story of Sir Howard Cooke and his rise from humble beginnings to become Jamaica's third Jamaican-born Governor General and its Head of State. But above all, it is his role as teacher, mentor and guide that distinguishes Sir Howard's outstanding career. It is for this reason that even while he occupies the highest office of the land he is still fondly known as `Teacher' by those whose lives he has touched.

For more info on Sir Howard Cooke, please see: Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke ON, CD, GCMG, GCVO (1915 – 2014) | The National Library of Jamaica

1st Edition & Signed by Author  

ISBN: 9789766371258  

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