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Oliver's Twist - The Life and Times of an Unapologetic Newshound

✍ Scribed by Oliver, Craig

Publisher
PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA)
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
224 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis

As chief parliamentary correspondent for CTV News, Craig Oliver is one of Canada's most recognized and respected journalists, a newsman who has reported on the major political figures and news stories of our times with passion, insight, and bracing candour.

He brings those same qualities to this many-layered memoir of an extraordinary professional and personal life. The only child of two alcoholics, he spent his childhood and adolescence in the homes of strangers. A chance summer job with the local CBC station launched his broadcasting career, taking Oliver from Prince Rupert, B.C. to Ottawa, Washington, and Central America. He witnessed up close the follies, foibles and occasional brilliance of the men and women who shaped our history over four decades.

At the same time, Oliver pursued a personal passion for Canada's wilderness rivers...

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