Don Watson

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born

January 01, 1949 in Australia

gender

male

genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Watson grew up on a farm in Gippsland, took his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and a Ph.D at Monash University and was for ten years an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his hand to TV and the stage. For several years he combined writing political satire for the actor Max Gillies with political speeches for the former Premier of Victoria, John Cain.

In 1992 he became Prime Minister Paul Keating's speech-writer and adviser and his best-selling account of those years, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart': Paul Keating Prime Minister, won both the The Age Book of the Year and non-fiction Prizes, the Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year, the National Biography Award and the Australian Lite...more

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Books by Don Watson

Average rating: 3.67 · 462 ratings · 60 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Death Sentences: How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language 3.52 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart. A Portrait Of Paul Keating Pm 4.08 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	American Journeys 3.64 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words, Contemporary Cliches, Cant & Manage 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Bendable Learnings: The Wisdom of Modern Management 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders On The Frontier Of Australia 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Indians of the Mesa Verde 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	On Indignation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Cliff Dwellings of the Mesa Verde 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1492 — 3 editions	My rating: