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Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War <br
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Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War
Hardcover - 2014

by Halton, David

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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The book is square and tight, some illustrations with 344 pages. The dust jacket is not price clipped and has no tears.
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  • Title Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War
  • Author Halton, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 11681
  • ISBN 9780771038136 / 0771038135
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Press coverage -, World War, 1939-1945 - Journalists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019410819
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

DAVID HALTON, formerly the CBC News's Senior Correspondent in Washington D.C., is one of Canada's most acclaimed journalists. Throughout his career, he was The National's Paris-based correspondent, reporting on the de Gaulle government, Israel's Six Day War, and a coup in Greece. He was the CBC's Moscow correspondent between 1967 and 1968 and later covered events in the Middle East and the war in Vietnam. In addition, he was the chief political correspondent in Ottawa from 1978 to 1991. In 2005, Halton was presented with one of the most prized Gemini awards, the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism.

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Praise for Matthew Halton:
 • "Matt Halton was Canada's greatest foreign correspondent." Pierre Berton

About the author

DAVID HALTON's career in journalism spanned more than forty years. He has been the CBC's correspondent in Paris, Moscow, London, and Washington, interviewing presidents and prime ministers and covering wars and insurrections in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. From 1978 to 1991 he was the CBC's Chief Political Correspondent in Ottawa, where he co-anchored federal elections and reported on four prime ministers. In 2005, he was the winner of a Gemini Award that cited his "well-deserved reputation for integrity and responsibility in reporting that brings credit not only on him but also to the entire Canadian television industry." He lives in Ottawa.