Cannon Fire
A Life in Print
$47.08
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
The froth and the bubble and the standing like stone
Michael Cannon is best known as the author of landmark and popular works of Australian history, including The Land Boomers (1966), and as the founding editor of Historical Records of Victoria. But Cannon, the child and grandchild of important figures in Australian independent journalism, developed a fascination with print media early in his life and had a long and colourful career in printing, publishing and editin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522878721 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522878725 |
| Author: | Michael Cannon |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 154mm x 233mm |
Michael Cannon
Michael Cannon was the founding editor of Historical Records of Victoria and an award-winning journalist, newspaper editor and historian. He wrote and edited more than thirty books, including bestseller The Land Boomers, which caused a sensation in Australia in the 1960s. In 1969, he edited The Vagabond Papers for Melbourne University Press and in 1970 was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fellowship. From 1971 to 1998, he published a steady stream of books. His extensive personal papers are held by the National Archives.
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