Big Men Fear Me
Mark Bourrie
The remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls.
When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, 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.
In Big Men Fear Me, 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.
Author - Mark Bourrie.
Narrator - Tom Lute.
Published Date - Sunday, 15 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
The remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls. When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, 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. In Big Men Fear Me, 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. Author - Mark Bourrie. Narrator - Tom Lute. Published Date - Sunday, 15 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:01:00
Chapter 2
Duration:00:14:25
Chapter 3
Duration:00:35:59
Chapter 4
Duration:00:42:31
Chapter 5
Duration:00:41:47
Chapter 6
Duration:00:26:56
Chapter 7
Duration:00:53:53
Chapter 8
Duration:00:39:46
Chapter 9
Duration:00:44:36
Chapter 10
Duration:00:29:42
Chapter 11
Duration:00:33:42
Chapter 12
Duration:00:52:36
Chapter 13
Duration:00:46:17
Chapter 14
Duration:00:18:48
Chapter 15
Duration:00:58:20
Chapter 16
Duration:00:59:45
Chapter 17
Duration:00:31:08
Chapter 18
Duration:00:42:29
Chapter 19
Duration:00:37:04
Chapter 20
Duration:00:20:58
Chapter 21
Duration:00:32:21
Chapter 22
Duration:00:03:23
Chapter 23
Duration:00:00:35