From Wireless to Wallabies: A Life of Norman McCance by Janet Werkmeister

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent. Signed by the author.

Norman McCance was one of the stars of early radio in Melbourne. He became immensely popular during the second half of the 1920s for his broadcasts of wrestling matches on radio station 3LO, now known as 774 ABC.

But his work over 60 years encompassed far more than wrestling. He was the Argus newspaper's State Political reporter for many years and, for both the Argus and the ABC, made radio broadcasts of major events such as the first international flight to Melbourne in 1926. For a decade in the 1930s, he wrote and broadcast one of the very first morning news programs.

In his later years, he became better known as a naturalist, his lifelong passion for animals becoming his profession. He wrote a nature column for the Weekly Times for over 24 years, right up until the age of 81. (book flap)

Written by his granddaughter. Well illustrated.