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Halton, David (News correspondent)
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Halton, M. H. (Matthew Henry), 1904-1956.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- Canada.
Radio broadcasters -- Canada -- Biography.
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Halton, David (News correspondent)
Halton, M. H. (Matthew Henry), 1904-1956.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- Canada.
Radio broadcasters -- Canada -- Biography.
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Dispatches from the front : the life of Matthew Halton, Canada's voice at war / David Halton.
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Halton, David (News correspondent)
McClelland & Stewart, [2014]
Call #:
940
.548171
H197d
Subjects
Halton, M. H. (Matthew Henry), 1904-1956.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Canada -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage -- Canada.
Radio broadcasters -- Canada -- Biography.
Journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780771038136 (hc.)
0771038135 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Matthew Halton, Canada's voice at war
Description:
344 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"As senior war correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the Second World War, Matthew Halton reported from the front lines in Italy and Northwest Europe and became "the voice of Canada at war." His broadcasts chronicled the victories and losses of Canadian soldiers. He was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, in 1904. A year after joining the Toronto Daily Star as a cub reporter, he was in Berlin writing about Adolf Hitler's seizure of power and, long before most other correspondents, wrote a prophetic series of warnings about the Nazi regime. For more than two decades, he witnessed first-hand the major political and military events of the era. He covered Europe's drift to disaster, including the breakdown of the League of Nations, the Spanish Civil War, the sellout to Fascism at Munich, and the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia. Along the way he interviewed Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hermann Goering, Neville Chamberlain, Charles de Gaulle, Mahatma Gandhi, and dozens of others who shaped the history of the century. Former CBC correspondent David Halton, Matthew's son, also examines his father's often tumultuous personal life. He unravels the many paradoxes of his personality: the war correspondent who loathed bloodshed yet became addicted to the thrill of battle; the loner who thrived in good company; and, in some ways most puzzling of all, the womanizer with a deep and enduring love for his wife. A captivating portrait of one of Canada's most accomplished journalists"--Provided by publisher.
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