{"product_id":"big-jim-crusading-territory-newspaper-editor-jim-bowditch-9780646856308","title":"Big Jim: Crusading Territory Newspaper Editor, Jim Bowditch","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Simon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Simon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Simon\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a biography, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Jim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a story of an exciting and turbulent era in the development of the Alice Springs and Darwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter many years of research, and innumerable interviews with those who played a part, Peter Simon has crafted a work which rightly celebrates the life of a character among characters who, as editor first of the \u003cem\u003eCentralian Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e then the \u003cem\u003eNorthern Territory News\u003c\/em\u003e, had an enormous impact Northern Territory but particularly its two biggest towns, on the social development of both towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut more, his crusading campaigns had a national impact in such areas as Aboriginal Affairs and the White Australia Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his eulogy on Jim Bowditch's death, lawyer John Waters, often his mouthpiece in court appearances, wrote: \"He coloured and enriched the lives of all of us and in fundamental ways he helped change the society we live in\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe will not see his like again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46417076355223,"sku":"9780646856308","price":2061.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780646856308.webp?v=1769066263","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/big-jim-crusading-territory-newspaper-editor-jim-bowditch-9780646856308","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}