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Born in 1934, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski's days at the University of Toronto's The Varsity in the mid 1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean's in the 1960s and his tremendous success on CBC's Morningside in the 1980s and 1990s, and ending with his stint as a Globe and Mail columnist at the dawn of the 21st century and his death in January 2002. Gzowski saw eight Canadian Prime Ministers in office, most of whom he interviewed, and witnessed everything from the Quiet Revolution in Qubec to the growth of economic nationalism in Canada's West. From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Peter was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Whatever the criticism, Gzowski's many radio & TV programs were very popular. Having Peter interview an author almost guaranteed the successful sales of the book. However, he appears to have been a very insecure and shy man whose personal life was somewhat of a mess. In fact the last chapter of the book reveals that Peter had a child from one of his many affairs that was a well kept secret until by a fluke the author called the mother for information about an article she has written for Maclean's Magazine and her story was revealed.
A friend of mine found the most impressive thing about this book was that it was a post WW II history of the world, but especially Canada's history. This was the time period of our lives as we were the same age as Peter. The names of politicians, artists and writers of our era were the people Peter interviewed on his programs. Much of the fun of reading this book was being reminded of people such as W. O. Mitchell, Pierre Berton, Bob Dylan, Knowlton Nash, Eric Kierans and Dalton Camp.
Fleming's research is so meticulous that there is a wealth of detail in the notes. Sometimes, the information in the notes is more interesting then the actual main text. Of course this slows the read and entails constant flipping back to the note section. Make e sure you have two book marks as you read this gem, one to keep your place when you put the book down and one to keep your place in the note section. ( )