Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s popularity amongst Canadians was demonstrated yet again on this date in 1988 at Toronto’s Eaton Centre. Carter was there promoting sales of his latest book, An Outdoor Journal, which described the 39th President’s life-long passion for fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities. All told, Carter autographed approximately 700 copies of his new volume during his one-hour appearance in downtown Toronto.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.