Research Catalog

Title

Dispatches from the front : the life of Matthew Halton, Canada's voice at war / David Halton.

Author

Halton, David, 1940-

Publication

Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2014.

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Details

Description

344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

A biography of Canadian foreign and war correspondent, Matthew Halton, written by his son, David Halton, drawn from archival research and interviews.

Subject

• Halton, Matthew
• Halton, Matthew
• Halton, M. H. / (Matthew Henry) / 1904-1956
• Halton, Matthew 1904-1956
• World War (1939-1945)
• 1939-1945
• Journalists > Canada > Biography
• War correspondents > Canada > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Journalists > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Press coverage > Canada
• Journalists
• Press coverage
• War correspondents
• Journalists / Canada / Biography
• War correspondents / Canada / Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 / Journalists / Biography
• Kriegsberichterstatter
• Kriegsberichterstattung
• Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
• Canada
• Kanada

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Shithouse Halton's son -- Starting out -- To Europe -- A star rising -- Return to Europe -- "The German Series" : sounding the alarm -- Royal interludes -- Twilight of peace -- To the abyss -- To war -- A short time in exile -- The desert war -- The road to Ortona -- D-Day -- Four days in Paris -- To Berlin -- Post-war -- Decline -- Postscript.

ISBN

• 9780771038136
• 0771038135
• 9780771038211 (html) (canceled/invalid)
• 0771038216 (html) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 1024134889
• SCSB-11295371

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library