{"product_id":"grandson-of-essie-the-oswald-harding-story-paperback","title":"Grandson of Essie: The Oswald Harding Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOswald Gaskell Harding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOswald (Ossie) Harding OJ, CD, QC, Phd.\u003cbr\u003e is well known to Jamaicans as a member\u003cbr\u003e of the Jamaica Labour Party, former\u003cbr\u003e Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and\u003cbr\u003e former president of the Senate. What may be\u003cbr\u003e less well known is that he was president for two\u003cbr\u003e non-consecutive tenures, and that his first\u003cbr\u003e period as a senator (1977-2002) was the longest\u003cbr\u003e continuous tenure in the body's history.\u003cbr\u003e Many readers will be aware that Harding is a\u003cbr\u003e patron of the arts and dedicated art collector.\u003cbr\u003e Fewer may know that on his retirement from\u003cbr\u003e politics he decided to study philosophy, and that\u003cbr\u003e he was awarded a doctorate (Phd) in that subject\u003cbr\u003e from the University of the West Indies, Mona\u003cbr\u003e campus; or that, above all else, he is a devoted\u003cbr\u003e husband and father, son and grandson - a family\u003cbr\u003e man.\u003cbr\u003e As Henry Lowe notes in his foreword, it is\u003cbr\u003e from this book that \"the real Ossie Harding\"\u003cbr\u003e emerges; and its pages are \"loaded with interesting\u003cbr\u003e and informative anecdotes\" which identify its\u003cbr\u003e author as \"a rich resource of culture and history\".\u003cbr\u003e Ossie Harding, in short, is a fascinating person, \u003cbr\u003e as his disarmingly honest, humorous, and very\u003cbr\u003e readable autobiography demonstrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793360650528,"sku":"9789768245649","price":34.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8461bcd4eccb98f5f41a42b5843ed5a8.webp?v=1780719515","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/grandson-of-essie-the-oswald-harding-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}