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

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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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