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Former prime minister Ariel Sharon. (Motti Kimche / Getty images) Last update - 23:13 07/04/2008 Ariel Sharon's son to pen memoir touching on father's life By The Associated Press Tags: Gilad Sharon, Israel  The youngest son of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is writing a book about his father. Gilad Sharon's memoir, Sharon: A Leader and a Father, is tentatively scheduled to come out in 2010. Drawing from his father's extensive archives, a remarkable cache of private papers and correspondence to which only he has access, Sharon provides a candid look at his father's political legacy, surveying more than thirty years of leadership on a global stage, publisher HarperCollins said Monday in a statement. According to HarperCollins, Gilad Sharon will offer memorable portraits of President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders. Advertisement Ariel Sharon turned 80 in February, more than two years after he was rendered comatose by a stroke while serving as premier. Sharon made his name as a daring and often insubordinate army officer, before turning to politics in the 1970s and becoming a hawkish lawmaker in the right-wing Likud Party and one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the settlement movement. In a dramatic change of direction, he pulled all of Israel's settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005 while he was prime minister. Sharon's eldest son, Omri, 43, recently received a seven-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to illegal fundraising for his father's 1999 successful election campaign to win the leadership of Likud. The two brothers oversaw parts of the campaign and fundraising. Related articles: We miss you, Sharon Sharon's dream The pessimist was right Bookmark to del.icio.us   Falk's folly Israel will refuse entry to the UN's Richard Falk for equating Israel to Nazi Germany. Peace when? After 30 years, the public has adopted Peace Now's views, but peace is still elusive.   1.   Book on Sharon 23:10  |  Brod 07/04/08   2.   Why don`t his sons let his father rest in peace already.... 23:52  |  z 07/04/08   3.   He killed Sheikh Yassin on wheelchair 23:59  |  Javad 07/04/08   4.   sell out 00:27  |  Gary Hess 08/04/08   5.   Did Spielberg call already? 01:51  |  Mark B. 08/04/08   6.   The Loving Sharon Family 07:20  |  Ben Israel 08/04/08   7.   re #5 `Spielberg` 07:54  |  Colin Wright 08/04/08   8.   The GRAVE 12:39  |  Arab DRUZE MUSLIM 08/04/08   9.   massacre of sabra and shatila 14:04  |  Big Me 08/04/08   10.   I think it is sick that he is kept alive...... 16:11  |  Deborah 08/04/08   11.   Why Doen`t Haaretz Harvest his Organs? 20:42  |  Sumo Wrestler 08/04/08   12.   Hebrew uni 16:26  |  Mo-Afrika 09/04/08

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