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'Morrison was the first Australian to break into Fleet Street's elite corps of foreign correspondents. Everyone who followed owes him an enormous debt. He set the benchmark: courage, truthfulness and the need to be there, face to face. His amazing life, splendidly and succinctly told, is an inspiration. If Morrison has been largely forgotten, this book will change that forever.' - Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, a history of war correspondentsThis is the compelling story of 'Chinese Morrison', who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as well. In 1882, at the age of 19, George Ernest Morrison's strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. It marked the beginning of what was to be an illustrious career. In the decades that followed, Morrison achieved international fame for his work as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital of Peking, not least when he helped to organise the defence of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising.
Then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese Government, he was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic.Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin have written a powerful and gripping biography of an Australian journalist and adventurer who paused only to tell his stories and to plan his next foray among the great events and leading figures of his day.
Contents
Prologue Peking 1900Part I 1862-18941 Shoe Leather2 The Noblest Profession3 Exposing the Slavers4 Following Burke and Wills5 New Guinea Disaster6 Doctor's Orders7 Eastern Promise8 A Pleasant JourneyPart II 1895-19119 Moberly's Man10 Secret Agent11 Chinese Puzzle12 Dragon Empress13 The Boxer Uprising 190014 Rescue and Retribution15 Morrison's War16 The Northcliffe Touch17 Revolution!Part III 1912-192018 China's Champion19 The Entwined Heart20 Perfidious Nippon21 Dynasty of Dunces22 Sentimental Journey23 The Final StruggleEpilogue The Noble ProfessionalNotesSources and BibliographyIndex
