Sir Frank Packer : A Biography / Bridget Griffen-Foley.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Griffen-Foley, Bridget, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Businessmen--Australia--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : Sydney University Press, [2014]

Summary:

This absorbing biography traces the newspaper career of Frank's father R.C. Packer from Hobart and the outback to the founding of Smith's Weekly in 1919. Overshadowed by his brilliant father, Frank was an academic failure at school and a mediocre cadet reporter. Despite his own lack of promise as a journalist, Frank came to rule the Australian media landscape with an iron fist.

Contents:

• Intro
• Sir Frank Packer
• By the Same Author
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Napoleon's Debut
• His Father's Footsteps
• Little Frankie's Wanderings
• El Dorado
• The Young Master
• Mansions and Mêlées
• 'Political Harlots of Mammon'
• Jekyll and Hyde
• Powerbroking
• Treading on Corns
• Rumours
• Setting Sail
• Toasting Victory
• The Sound of One Man Clapping
• The King is Dead
• Chronology
• R. C. and Frank Packer's Principal Media Interests
• Endnotes
• 1 Napoleon's Debut
• 2 His Father's Footsteps
• 3 Little Frankie's Wanderings
• 4 El Dorado
• 5 The Young Master
• 6 Mansions and Mêlées
• 7 'Political Harlots of Mammon'
• 8 Jekyll and Hyde
• 9 Powerbroking
• 10 Treading on Corns
• 11 Rumours
• 12 Setting Sail
• 13 Toasting Victory
• 14 The Sound of One Man Clapping
• 15 The King is Dead
• Bibliography
• Manuscripts
• Newspapers and Periodicals
• Interviews
• Author
• NLA
• Reference Works
• Books
• Articles
• Theses
• Video and Audio Tapes
• Index.

Notes:

• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74332-491-X

OCLC:

870425330