{"product_id":"big-jim-crusading-territory-newspaper-editor-jim-bowditch-paperback","title":"Big Jim: Crusading Territory Newspaper Editor, Jim Bowditch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a biography, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Jim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a story of an exciting and turbulent era in the development of the Alice Springs and Darwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter many years of research, and innumerable interviews with those who played a part, Peter Simon has crafted a work which rightly celebrates the life of a character among characters who, as editor first of the \u003cem\u003eCentralian Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e then the \u003cem\u003eNorthern Territory News\u003c\/em\u003e, had an enormous impact Northern Territory but particularly its two biggest towns, on the social development of both towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut more, his crusading campaigns had a national impact in such areas as Aboriginal Affairs and the White Australia Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his eulogy on Jim Bowditch's death, lawyer John Waters, often his mouthpiece in court appearances, wrote: \"He coloured and enriched the lives of all of us and in fundamental ways he helped change the society we live in\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe will not see his like again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782441435424,"sku":"9780646856308","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d3e124a0087bb830331cb63e16cf78a2.webp?v=1780570761","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/big-jim-crusading-territory-newspaper-editor-jim-bowditch-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}