During his youth, Don Whitington worked as a woolclasser and jackeroo, 'travelling extensively in outback Australia - and finally, with 5 pounds in his pocket, he decided to become a journalist...One of the longest serving members of the Canberra Press Gallery, he met and mixed with people from all walks of life, with politicians and journalists of all persuasions and abilities. His comments on some of the events and personalities of his time are candid, and pointed.' (Source: dustjacket)
