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Scrim: The Man with a Mike
William Renwick
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Description for Scrim: The Man with a Mike
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; APW; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
A cautionary tale of one of New Zealand’s most popular radio broadcasters, this narrative tells the life story of Reverend Colin Scrimgeor, whose successful radio show brought comfort and hope to thousands of people during the Great Depression but was cut short when he began to taunt his political masters. Despite his constant courtship with controversy, Reverend Colin Scrimgeor is lauded as one of New Zealand’s most popular citizens in this biographical account that reviews the life of a talented yet impulsive man and assesses the legend he created of himself.
A cautionary tale of one of New Zealand’s most popular radio broadcasters, this narrative tells the life story of Reverend Colin Scrimgeor, whose successful radio show brought comfort and hope to thousands of people during the Great Depression but was cut short when he began to taunt his political masters. Despite his constant courtship with controversy, Reverend Colin Scrimgeor is lauded as one of New Zealand’s most popular citizens in this biographical account that reviews the life of a talented yet impulsive man and assesses the legend he created of himself.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9780864736956
SKU
V9780864736956
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Ref
99-3
About William Renwick
William Renwick is a lecturer at Victoria University–Wellington. He is the author of Making New Zealand: Pictorial Surveys of a Century.
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