For political buffs, this is a fascinating view of the politics of the Diefenbaker-Pearson-Trudeau era, including backroom information never before published. For media buffs, its an inside view of the politics of our leading newspapers, and a critical analysis of modern journalism by one who helped to invent it. For those concerned with the great public issues of our times, it’s a controversial account of where constitutional reform went wrong and of how we got to free trade by a journalist who played a significant role in the national debate.
But this is more than the record of a professional life. It’s also the personal story of a motherless boy growing up in Britain, his wartime experiences with the Royal Navy, and his decision to emigrate to Canada, with a young family in tow, after publisher Lord Beaverbrook declared the young scribe unfit for promotion because he was the wrong shape: "Small head, big feet, won’t do."
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 070/.92
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781770701090 1550023756
- LCCN
- PN4913.W48
- LCCN Item number
- A3 2002eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (253 p., [8] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603137 (OCoLC)719744243 (CaOOCEL)410669
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10
- INTRODUCTION 12
- THE MAKING OF A JOURNALIST 16
- Chapter 1: Surfacing in the Gene Pool 17
- Chapter 2: Growing Up in the Old World 27
- Chapter 3: Going to War 40
- A WORKING JOURNALIST 60
- Chapter 4: Funerals, Fleet Street, Family Man 61
- Chapter 5: Getting Started in Politics 77
- Chapter 6: Small Head, Big Feet Lead to Canada 91
- Chapter 7: Good Times at the Globe 103
- Chapter 8: Making a National Name 119
- Chapter 9: The Last Days of Pearson and Diefenbaker 139
- Chapter 10: Trudeau and Transition 152
- A.K.A. AN ACADEMIC 182
- Chapter 11: Sideways to a New Career 183
- Chapter 12: News versus Truth 194
- Chapter 13: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Nationalism 211
- Chapter 14: Reinventing Canada 245
- INDEX 258
- A 258
- B 258
- C 258
- D 259
- E 259
- F 259
- G 259
- H 260
- I 260
- J 260
- K 260
- L 260
- M 260
- N 260
- O 261
- P 261
- R 261
- S 261
- T 262
- U 262
- V 262
- W 262
- Z 262
