Peter Gzowski : A Biography

R B Fleming

ISBN 10: 1554887208 / ISBN 13: 9781554887200

Published by Dundurn Press Aug 2010, 2010

About this Item

Neuware - This is the first attempt to capture the elusive and complex Peter Gzowski in a biography. Born in 1934, Peter came of age during the 1950s, the decade that CBC television was founded. Because his career covered most of the last half of the twentieth century, this biography is also a portrait of Canada during those decades: Peter's journalistic career, beginning with 'The Varsity' in September 1956, and ending with 'The Globe and Mail' in January 2002. Peter's career saw eight Canadian Prime Ministers in office, most of whom he interviewed. He was witness to the quiet revolution in Quebec and the growth of economic nationalism in the West. From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Peter was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peter Gzowski : A Biography
• Publisher: Dundurn Press Aug 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554887208
• ISBN 13: 9781554887200
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 155H x 41D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 953 grams

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Synopsis

Born in 1934, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski’s days at the University of Toronto’s The Varsity in the mid 1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean’s in the 1960s and his tremendous success on CBC’s Morningside in the 1980s and 1990s, and ending with his stint as a Globe and Mail columnist at the dawn of the 21st century and his death in January 2002.

Gzowski saw eight Canadian Prime Ministers in office, most of whom he interviewed, and witnessed everything from the Quiet Revolution in Qubec to the growth of economic nationalism in Canada’s West. From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Peter was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live.

About the Author

Rae Fleming (1944–2022) was a historian and writer whose works include a biographies of Sir William Mackenzie, Peter Gzowski, and an edited collection of essays on biography. He was awarded the Fred Landon Award by the Ontario Historical Society for Best Book on Ontario's Regional History for The Railway King of Canada.