Torch on the Prairies: A portrait of Journalism in Manitoba 1859-1988
by Marjorie Earl (ed.)
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NP (Winnipeg): The Nor'Westers, 1988. Paper bound, 4to, 126pp. Profusely illustrated with historical photos, cartoons, and advertisements. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. Contents: 'The Press Club: Beer and Uplift' by Christopher G. Dafoe; 'The Serpent in Eden' by Marjorie Earl; 'The New Nation' by Charles Thompson; 'To Hell With Afghanistan' by Marjorie Earl; 'The Big Blue Bugle' by Marjorie Earl; 'Send Me a Kiss by Wire' by Scott Edmonds; 'Drawing and Quartering' - an article on cartooning without a by-line; 'The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Scientific Witchcraft' by Alice Poyser; 'Fourteen Thousand Words' - photos compiled by Frank Chalmers; 'And the Band Played On' by Doug Whiteway; 'Spectator Sports Persons' by Barbara Huck; 'The Pink Flag of courage' by Noelle Boughton; 'The Sun Keeps Shining' by John Drabble; 'Down on the Farm' by Garth Taylor; 'The Two Ton Pencil' by Judy Waytiuk; 'Twenty-Two Tongues' by Joyce Meyer; 'The Prairie Paper Trail' by Don Aiken; 'Staying alive in the graveyard' by Roger Newman and Wally Kroeker; and 'Of Lead and Losers' by Kelly Armstrong. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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- Torch on the Prairies: A portrait of Journalism in Manitoba 1859-1988
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- Marjorie Earl (ed.)
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- NP (Winnipeg): The Nor'Westers, 1988
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- Nor'Westers, Torch Prairies Journalism Manitoba, History Journalism Manitoba, Marjorie Earl, Eric Wells, David Bonner, Roger Newman, John Cochrane, Harry Mardon, Ian Sutherland, Don Aiken, Scott Edmonds, Bill Metcalfe, Joyce Meyer, Peggy Roberts, Ron
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