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Arthur Irwin: A Biography

Arthur Irwin: A Biography

Paperback

Series: Heritage

Biographies GeneralLiterary FiguresGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1487577303
ISBN13: 9781487577308
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Dec 15 1993
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

From 1925 to 1950, Arthur Irwin was the driving force behind the success of Maclean's Magazine, first as an associate editor, then managing editor, and, finally, as an editor. He had strong views on what it meant to be Canadian, and under his direction Maclean's was moulded into 'Canada's National Magazine, ' mirroring the development of Canada as an independent nation in the twentieth century. In the years before the outbreak of the Second World War, he was at the centre of the Maclean Company's investigation of the Department of National Defence's system of defence contracting, or what has become known as the 'Bren Gun Scandal.' In the 1940s Irwin actively sought out writers of talent and potential and gradually added to the magazine's staff many Canadian writers who went on to distinguished careers, including Ralph Allen, Pierre Berton, Blair Fraser, and Scott Young.

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