Bassett: John Bassett's forty years in politics, publishing, business and sportsJohn White Hughes Bassett is an extraordinary figure in Canadian public life, a man who's been at the centre of politics, sports, the media and business for over forty years. True to his style, John Bassett doesn't approve of an independent journalist who's neither a bosom friend nor an implacable foe writing his story. But his public career belongs not only to him but also to the many Torontonians and Canadians whose lives have been touched by his astonishingly diverse activities as a politician, publisher, businessman and sportsman. Based on more than 200 interviews with friends, family, business asociates, critics and enemies, Bassett is a remarkably thorough portrait of a distinguished Canadian publisher, broadcaster and businessman. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | |
Preface | |
CHAPTER 1The Tory mould | |
CHAPTER 2 An eager reporter a skilled warrior | |
CHAPTER 3Meet your new goddamn publisher | |
CHAPTER 4Sports for pleasure power and profit | |
CHAPTER 5Thepolitical animal | |
CHAPTER 6Family friends and the death of a newspaper | |
CHAPTER 7Building a television empire | |
CHAPTER 8A decade of paradox and profit | |
Notes | |
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