Getting It Write
by Ken Gordon; Foreword-Sir Fred Gollop
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 9768123982
- ISBN 13
- 9789768123985
- Seller
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Sykesville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Ian Randle Publishers, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed. Hardcover, ISBN 9768123982, 1999. Getting It Write: Winning Caribbean Press Freedom, an autobiography by Ken Gordon. Signed by the author ("With Best Wishes") on the front free endpaper. Hardcover book is in Fine condition; full bound boards with black cloth and silver lettering to front adn spine. Binding is solid and square. Dustjacket has some wrinking and a small chip to top of spine; tiny closed tear to bottom front spine; and front and rear top corners are bumped with some loss to top front. The autobiography of Ken Gordon, Trinidad and Tobago citizen: "Media-manager and owner, businessman, Cabinet minister, and inveterate fighter for press freedom." Gordon is noted for establishing the newspaper Express as a vehicle for independent thought in Trinidad and Tobago. This experience led to setting up similar newspapers in Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica, and to lead the struggle for journalistic freedom throughout the Caribbean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001409
- Title
- Getting It Write
- Author
- Ken Gordon; Foreword-Sir Fred Gollop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9768123982
- ISBN 13
- 9789768123985
- Publisher
- Ian Randle Publishers
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Caribbean Newspaper News Media Freedom Independence Politics Censorship
- X weight
- 40 oz
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About the Seller
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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Sykesville, Maryland
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