A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded
A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded
Metodi di Pagamento
- PayPal
- Carta di Credito
- Bonifico Bancario
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1969
- Luogo di stampa
- USA
- Autore
- Chalmers, Floyd S.
- Editori
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Formato
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Edizione
- F First Edition
- Soggetto
- A Gentleman of the Press: The Story of Colonel John Bayne, Maclean and the Publishing Empire He Founded Trotsky Halifax, Maclean's Magazine Maclean-Hunter Ltd. History Biography, Biography
- Descrizione
- J H Fair Hardcover
- Stato di conservazione
- Buono
- Lingue
- Inglese
- Legatura
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
- True
Descrizione
368 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "The colorful story of a dynamic, eccentric journalist, who started off as a $5-a-week reporter and became a publishing giant, by happening to be in the right place at the right time - with the right idea." - from dust jacket. Includes interesting chapter entitled "Battling the Bolshevists" which describes Maclean's part in attempting to restrain Trotsky at Halifax so he could not return to Russia.News clipping laid-in provides 1993 obituary of the author, who rose from reporter to editor of the Financial Post before becoming honorary chairman of Maclean Hunter Ltd. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Average wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important Canadian biography. Book
