Sir Frank Packer

A Biography

Bridget Griffen-Foley

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English

19 March 2014

Biography: business & industry; Biography - Australian

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.

By: Bridget Griffen-Foley
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 176mm,
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9781743323823
ISBN 10: 1743323824
Publication Date: 19 March 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 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 Chronology Endnotes Bibliography Index

Reviews for Sir Frank Packer: A Biography

'It is as full a measure of a colourful Australin tycoon's life and times as I have read ... much warmer and more intimate than any of the biographies that have been written of the global media entrepreneur, Rupert Murdoch.' -- V. J. Carroll * The Bulletin * 'Griffin-Foley's engaging writing style makes this an easy read for anyone interested in early Australian journalism and the media wars between the 1930s and 1960s.' -- Celeste Lawson * Media International Australia *