{"product_id":"arthur-irwin-9781487577308","title":"Arthur Irwin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1925 to 1950, Arthur Irwin was the driving force behind the success of \u003cem\u003eMaclean's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, first as an associate editor, then managing editor, and, finally, as an editor. He had strong views on what it meant to be Canadian, and under his direction \u003cem\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/em\u003e was moulded into 'Canada's National Magazine,' mirroring the development of Canada as an independent nation in the twentieth century. In the years before the outbreak of the Second World War, he was at the centre of the Maclean Company’s investigation of the Department of National Defence's system of defence contracting, or what has become known as the 'Bren Gun Scandal.' In the 1940s Irwin actively sought out writers of talent and potential and gradually added to the magazine's staff many Canadian writers who went on to distinguished careers, including Ralph Allen, Pierre Berton, Blair Fraser, and Scott Young. \u003cbr\u003eAfter leaving \u003cem\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/em\u003e in 1950, Irwin was appointed film commissioner at the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359452922199,"sku":"9781487577308","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487577308.jpg?v=1754124692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arthur-irwin-9781487577308","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}