Buy this book on-line Reynolds, John Lawrence : Leaving Home: The Remarkable Life of Peter JacykFigure 1 Publishing, Vancouver, 2013 ISBN 9780991858811
"Petro (Peter) Jacyk survived two of the most horrendous events of the twentieth century: the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, instigated by Stalin and responsible for the deaths of untold millions and waves of invasion and slaughter from Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. Fleeing post-war Europe in 1949, he arrived in Canada with $7 in his pocket and horrific images in his memory. His adopted country would inspire a deep and lifelong love in Jacyk. Here at last, as he put it, he was free to live and free to succeed." Which he did as one of Canada's most successful businesmen.One of the founders of Arka Books he also became a dedicated philanthropist working tirelessly for the preservation of Ukrainian history, language and culture. 287p. + 8 pages of plates. .. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Reynolds, John Lawrence : Leaving Home: The Remarkable Life of Peter Jacyk. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, atlases, fine bindings, libri antichi and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |