Steampunk's subculture revealed Jul 7, 2008
Steampunk diverges from the Victoriana represented, for example, by the late George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series. Whereas Fraser revels in naked imperialism, steampunk authors often write around attitudes toward race, class and gender that were dominant in the 19th century. (San Francisco Chronicle)
He rallied the troops – and the Canadian public Jun 28, 2008
He read when he could find the time, mixing military history with George MacDonald Fraser's rollicking novels about Harry Flashman, a 19th-century British soldier who managed to be simultaneously a coward, a bully, a cad, a lady's man and a military hero. Gen. Hillier leaves office on Tuesday. (Globe and Mail)
UP FOR AIR: Dawn ruminates on stimulus check, local loo book Jun 12, 2008
North Shore All-Stars of 1950, top row, from left, Louis Hettinger, Coach Herm Hussey, George MacDonald; front, Bill Goodwin and Edgar Gilbert. UP FOR AIR: Dawn ruminates on stimulus check, local loo book. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
A musical leap of faithLocal man's rock 'n' roll based on the Gospel May 13, 2008
His songs are based on stories from the Bible, on the Christ-like characters in George MacDonald's books, on ordinary people behaving in Christ-like ways ... " Young had written music and played with local bands when he was in high school in Sierra Vista. But he put it aside while he and his wife, Kathy, raised their children, Ian, Jack and Addie. In the mid 1980s Young bought a four-track recorder and began writing songs again and recording them. In the mid 1990s, his sister-in-law loaned him a... (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Flag controversy sparks silent protests at Minico May 9, 2008
Trustee George MacDonald said the cuts were proposed strictly for financial reasons and ESL was not the only program targeted. The program cuts were a factor again this week when ESL teacher Dan Luker, who has resigned rather than be assigned elsewhere, heard about the flag incident and responded by desecrating an American flag in the office of a school administrator on Tuesday. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Bill Reid gallery opening May 9, 2008
"I think we could say already that he as the status of a national icon," said George MacDonald, an anthropologist and expert on Haida art who was instrumental in bringing about the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. "What we hope to do with this gallery is to make him an international icon. In doing that, we're promoting Northwest Coast culture and art as much as we're promoting Bill Reid as a practitioner of that style.". (Vancouver Sun)
The Haida ember in full flame May 7, 2008
"What we have done here is to create the feeling that you're there on one of these really dramatic Haida journeys," says George MacDonald, director emeritus of the Bill Reid Foundation, who calls the Haida the Vikings of the north Pacific coast. On the walls of the gallery, opposite the windows, are sails from the Lootaas, a 15-metre cedar war canoe created by Reid, and on the ceiling, Reid's painted paddles. (Globe and Mail)
Minidoka voters approve supplemental school levy Apr 10, 2008
This is very encouraging, Trustee George MacDonald said. MacDonald thanked the citizens advisory committee for its support of the levy. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Literary Feast 2008 Brings Nationally Renowned Authors to South Florida, March 14 and 15 Feb 19, 2008
Silver Sponsors include Holland America Line, Hudson Family Foundation, Richard Ingham, JM Family Enterprises, Inc., The Marquis George MacDonald Foundation, Dr. Catherine Mozino and Joan Readding, Ocean Bank, Seitlin & Co., Shutts & Bowen, LLP, and Helen and George Weaver. Incorporated in 1982, the Broward Public Library Foundation enhances the collections, programs and services of the Broward County Library system beyond the means of public funding. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Goodbye to the curry king Feb 2, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser penned the 'Flashman' novels. The coward and bully Sir Harry Flashman often enjoyed a good curry during his service in India. (BBC News -- UK)
Its Flashmans last stand as author loses his final battle Jan 5, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser, chronicler of the great man s life and editor of his copious personal papers, has died at the age of 82 after losing a battle with cancer but winning a substantial literary reputation and a worldwide army of devotees ... Remember George MacDonald also scripted in great style the two best ever films of Alexandre Dumas: "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" directed with splendid aplomb and dash by wonderfully talented Richard Lester. (Times Online)
What makes a modern hero? Jan 5, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser, in the Flashman books, parodied this love of the upper class, well mannered, death defying hero. In those days hero was a simple label, the adventure magazines of schoolboys would have resounded with tales of men like Gordon, Livingstone, and Scott. (BBC News -- UK)
George MacDonald Fraser Jan 4, 2008
Last Updated: 2:26am GMT 04/01/2008. The fag-roasting bully of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Thomas Hughes's 1857 tribute to Dr Arnold's Rugby, was last seen being expelled for drunkenness. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Papers ramp up fuel price fears Jan 4, 2008
With the death of popular author George MacDonald Fraser, his caddish Victorian anti-hero Sir Harry Flashman is remembered. The Guardian says Flashman travelled the battlefields of the British Empire "quaking with fear but still drinking and chasing women". (BBC News -- UK)
* World News Quick Take Jan 4, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser, a British writer whose popular novels about the arch-rogue Harry Flashman followed their hero as he galloped, swashbuckled, drank and womanized his way through many of the signal events of the 19th century, died on Wednesday on the Isle of Man. He was 82 and had made his home there in recent years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mother, boy on murder charge Jan 4, 2008
British author George MacDonald Fraser, creator of the Flashman series, dies at 82. . (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Author of Flashman novels dies aged 82 Jan 4, 2008
The novelist George MacDonald Fraser, creator of the caddish Victorian anti-hero Harry Flashman, has died at the age of 82, his publisher said last night. Fraser, who was appointed an OBE in 1999, served as an infantryman in Burma and India during the second world war and later worked as a screenwriter and journalist, eventually becoming deputy editor of the Glasgow Herald. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Author of Flashman stories dies Jan 3, 2008
The novelist George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman adventure stories, has died aged 82, his publisher has said ... George MacDonald Fraser wrote 11 Flashman novels. (BBC News -- UK)
Obituary: George MacDonald Fraser, 82 Jan 3, 2008
LONDON Author George MacDonald Fraser, the creator of the much-loved Flashman series, died Wednesday, his publisher said. He was 82. (Globe and Mail)
George MacDonald Fraser, 82; wrote 'Flashman' historical adventures Jan 3, 2008
template_bastemplate_bas From the Associated Press January 3, 2008 George MacDonald Fraser, author of the "Flashman" series of historical adventure yarns, died Wednesday, his publisher said. He was 82. (Los Angeles Times)
George MacDonald Fraser, 82, author of 'Flashman' novels Jan 3, 2008
George MacDonald Fraser, 82, author of 'Flashman' novels - International Herald Tribune. George MacDonald Fraser, 82, author of 'Flashman' novels ... George MacDonald Fraser, a British writer whose popular novels about the arch-rogue Harry Flashman followed their hero as he galloped, swashbuckled, drank and womanized his way through many of the signal events of the 19th century, died Wednesday on the Isle of Man. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Acceptable nonsense from a broker Dec 28, 2007
George MacDonald, the Scot who wrote the most theological (and most haunting) of the classic fantasies - At the Back of the North Wind - was himself a clergyman whom Tolkien and Lewis regarded as mentor. Frank Baum, with 55 novels to his credit (including all 12 of the Oz books), was the product of wealth and religion - his father, a strict Methodist, had struck it rich with oil wells in Pennsylvania. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
UC Merced looks at Cold War Dec 11, 2007
GEORGE MACDONALD / MERCED SUN-STAR. UC Merced bioengineering student Mike Oliveira, left, and technology services coordinator Tom Bustos install a uniform as part of an exhibit on the Cold War. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Adventures with the king of the rogues Dec 2, 2007
The pair ply their roguish trade in the Kingdom of Arran -- what is now known as Azerbaijan -- in about AD950 and bring to mind Flashman, the scurrilous lead character in the series of novels by George MacDonald Fraser. "They're sort of scoundrels," Chabon says. (The Australian)
Opening date set for Bill Reid gallery Nov 14, 2007
"The two will work very well together as a kind of dual recognition of [Reid's] artistry on a very large scale - one vertical and one horizontal," foundation president George MacDonald says. Hart's pole is officially a tribute pole for both Reid and their ancestor - its full name is A Pole in Celebration of Bill Reid and Charlie Edenshaw. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Young blades for hire Nov 3, 2007
Christopher Tayler sets off in pursuit of Michael Chabon's tale of 10th-century Jewish adventurers, Gentlemen of the Road. Saturday November 3, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Tom Brown's Schooldays Sep 26, 2007
Tom Brown also produced another kind of sequel when George MacDonald Fraser wrote a series of novels entitled The Flashman Papers, following the career of the school bully after he was expelled from Rugby. Though mostly a cheerfully amoral account of a dastardly adventurer in the Nineteenth century, the Flashman novels devote some attention to picking apart the pious and often hypocritical ways in which the ideology of muscular Christianity was put into practice over the British Empire. (Suite101.com)
Canadian Forces knew Snowbirds had faulty lap belts for 5 years Aug 21, 2007
George Macdonald, a retired air force lieutenant-general, said the current fleet of Snowbirds can last another 12 years, although the aircraft purchased from Canadair in the mid-1960s will need some upgrades. New planes could cost about $30-million each. (Globe and Mail)
Wilmington history goes on the 'Run' May 27, 2007
Jacob's Run, a historical novel set in Wilmington on the eve of the Civil War (The Morning Star)
White mughal's burden May 26, 2007
As one disgruntled reader put it in a recent blog, "I just wish he would go back to travel writing and leave history to the historians." Another suggested George MacDonald Fraser's fictional character Flashman as a better guide to Indian history. The 1857 uprising against the increasing economic and military power of the British East India Company saw Indians rally to the crumbling Mughal Empire, which for 300 years had ruled northern India in the name of Islam. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Barbara Elizabeth Nixon leads St. Luke's Episcopal Church Apr 29, 2007
A: I enjoy fantasy and children's books and books by George Macdonald and CS Lewis. I also enjoy mysteries and a variety of fiction and non-fiction books as well as biographies. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
The Library Through a Child's Eyes Feb 24, 2007
not to mention Rosemary Sutcliff, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Michael Phillips, and John White ... "There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read. A man reading a Le Queux mystery wants to get to the end of it. A man reading the Dickens novel wished that it might never end." - George MacDonald. (Suite101.com)
Review: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's "Dunkirk" Jan 27, 2007
George MacDonald Fraser has made a fortune out of chronicling the numberless heroic drubbings to which, from Afghanistan to Zululand, British armies have been subjected. Nobody can quite decide whether the Somme in 1916 was a victory or a defeat, because some things indeed do lie too deep for tears. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Opposition MPs to examine aircraft selection process Jan 4, 2007
Retired lieutenant-general George Macdonald, a former vice-chief of the defence staff who is a C-27J lobbyist, said the requirements aim to provide the same search-and-rescue capabilities as currently delivered by the Hercules C-130. The C-130 is really the benchmark here, he said. (Globe and Mail)
DND pushes quick plane deal Jan 3, 2007
Retired lieutenant-general George Macdonald, the former head of the Canadian Air Force, is acting as a lobbyist in favour of the Spartan. In an interview, he defended the procurement process, saying the C27J is the biggest and quickest aircraft in the group and the only one to meet the needs of the Canadian Forces. (Globe and Mail)
