{"product_id":"big-men-fear-me-paperback","title":"Big Men Fear Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bourrie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen George McCullagh bought \u003cem\u003eThe Globe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mail and Empire\u003c\/em\u003e and merged them into the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, the charismatic 31-year-old high school dropout had already made millions on the stock market. It was just the beginning of the meteoric rise of a man widely expected to one day be prime minister of Canada. But the charismatic McCullagh had a dark side. Dogged by the bipolar disorder that destroyed his political ambitions and eventually killed him, he was all but written out of history. It was a loss so significant that journalist Robert Fulford has called McCullagh's biography \"one of the great unwritten books in Canadian history\"--until now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBig Men Fear Me\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning historian Mark Bourrie tells the remarkable story of McCullagh's inspirational rise and devastating fall, and with it sheds new light on the resurgence of populist politics, challenges to collective action, and attacks on the free press that characterize our own tumultuous era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bourrie\u003c\/b\u003e is an Ottawa-based author, lawyer, and former journalist. He holds a master's in Journalism from Carleton University and a PhD in History from the University of Ottawa. In 2017, he was awarded a Juris Doctor degree and was called to the Bar in 2018. He has won numerous awards for his journalism, including a National Magazine Award, and received the RBC Charles Taylor Prize in 2020 for his book \u003ci\u003eBush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre Radisson\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766275473696,"sku":"9781771964937","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69d692c748c0532c0099838281b4c865.webp?v=1780288995","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/big-men-fear-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}