George Garrett : intrepid reporter /

"Starting from humble beginnings as a farm boy in Saskatchewan, George Garrett rose through the ranks of journalism and came to be known as the reporter who, as radio personality Rafe Mair recalled, 'seemed to know details almost as soon as the police did' on such infamous stories as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrett, George, 1934- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., [2019]
Temas:
Garrett, George, > 1934-
CKNW (Radio station : New Westminster, B.C.) > Employees > Biography.
CKNW (Station de radio : New Westminster, C.-B.) > Personnel > Biographies.
Radio journalists > British Columbia > Biography.
Reporters and reporting > British Columbia > Biography.
Investigative reporting.
Journalistes de radio > Colombie-Britannique > Biographies.
Reporters > Colombie-Britannique > Biographies.
Journalisme d'enquête.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
Employees
Investigative reporting
Radio journalists
Reporters and reporting
British Columbia
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Curiosity
  • Chapter 2
  • The Big City
  • Chapter 3
  • The Hustler
  • Chapter 4
  • A Radio Career
  • Chapter 5
  • My Career Moves On
  • Chapter 6
  • Family Life
  • Chapter 7
  • Radio During the Wartime Years and Beyond
  • Chapter 8
  • My News Career and the Cop Shop
  • Chapter 9
  • From Scandal to Discipline
  • Chapter 10
  • Hail to Nearly All the Chiefs!
  • Chapter 11
  • The Mounties, Then and Now
  • Chapter 12
  • From the Skids to the Supreme Court
  • Chapter 13
  • Sex in the Seamy City
  • Chapter 14
  • The Reporter Goes Undercover
  • Chapter 15
  • More Colourful Stories and Characters
  • Chapter 16
  • Contacts
  • Chapter 17
  • Take Me to Jail
  • Chapter 18
  • The Tough Streets of LA
  • Chapter 19
  • The Monster, Clifford Olson
  • Chapter 20
  • The Tragic Toll
  • Chapter 21
  • Standoff at Gustafsen Lake
  • Chapter 22
  • The Squamish Five and Terrorism in Canada
  • Chapter 23
  • Kidnappings and Murder
  • Chapter 24
  • The Politicians
  • Chapter 25
  • The Passing of Eras
  • Chapter 26
  • A Rewarding Life
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgements

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