Alan 'the Red Fox' Reid: Pressman Par Excellence - Hardcover

Fitzgerald, Ross; Holt, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1742231322 ISBN 13: 9781742231327

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Arguably Australia's most influential political journalist, Alan 'the red fox' Reid covered Australian politics from the 1930s to the 1980s. During his career he was both a chronicler of, and player in, Australian politics. In this book Ross Fitzgerald and Stephen Holt take us into a Machiavellian behind-the-scenes world of recurrent plots, crises and leadership challenges, and show how it was possible for a skilled journalist to help shape both public perceptions and actual outcomes of political power plays.

About this title

Review:

"Captures the essence of Reid's life and career." --Saturday Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Ross Fitzgerald is a writer, broadcaster, historian and political commentator. He writes a regular column for The Australian and The Spectator Australia, reviews for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Weekend Australian and regularly appears on ABC Radio, ABCTV, and on Channel 7. He is currently a member of the New South Wales State Parole Authority; the New South Wales Heritage Council; the Administrative Decisions Tribunal; and the NSW Government Expert Advisory Group on Drugs and Alcohol. Emeritus Professor in History and Politics at Griffith University and part-time Professorial Fellow at the Australian Catholic University, Ross Fitzgerald has published thirty-two books, including Under the Influence: Alcohol in Australia (2009), Made in Queensland: A New History (2009), coedited Growing Old (Dis) Gracefully: 35 Australians Reflect on Life over 50 (2008), The Federation Mirror: Queensland 1901-2001 (2002), Seven Days to Remember: The World's First Labour Government (1999), and Red Ted: The Life of E.G. Theodore (1994), which was short-listed for the NSW Premier's Prize and for the National Biography Award. He is married to Lyndal Moor with whom he has a daughter, Emily.

About this edition

• Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1742231322
• ISBN 13: 9781742231327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384