Ted Turner: A Biography

(Hardback)

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This book chronicles the life story of Ted Turnercable television mogul, successful baseball team owner, and fascinating public figure. Ted Turner: A Biography tells the story of a man whose wide range of accomplishments have led to a Man of the Year award from Time magazine, induction into the Advertising Hall of Fame, and numerous awards and honorary degrees for humanitarian, philanthropic, and environmental activism. Ted Turner shows how this remarkable, unpredictable man built the risky purchase of a small Atlanta UHF station into a cable television juggernaut, as well as how Turner transformed the Atlanta Braves from a lowly franchise to one of baseball's most popular and successful teams. The book also highlights other fascinating aspects of Turner's life, including his record-breaking career as a yachtsman, his extraordinary efforts to save the American bison, his headline-making marriage to Jane Fonda, and his sometimes contradictory, often controversial public persona.

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For high school students and general readers, O'Connor, a writer, editor, and publisher, offers a biography of businessman Ted Turner that chronicles his life, career, and interests as an entrepreneur, baseball team owner, sportsman, environmentalist, and land owner. It details his childhood and education, his early business ventures, his purchase of a small Atlanta station and its transformation into a cable superstation, his founding of the first cable news channel that became CNN, his transformation of the Atlanta Braves into a successful team, his career as a yachtsman, his efforts to save the American bison, his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his public persona. * Reference & Research Book News *

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Michael O'Connor has been a publishing professional for over 25 years.