Black Jack McEwen Political Gladiator Author:Peter Golding John McEwen, Leader of the Federal Country Party from 1958 to 1971, was thirty-seven years a politician, twenty-three days a Prime Minister and always a farmer. He was an extraordinary mix of a man. His staff revered him and his adversaries feared him. There was no one, friend or foe, who did not respect him. Orphaned at seven and raised in p... more »overty, this self-educated soldier-settler overcame difficult beginnings to dominate the Australian political arena for twenty years. Towering and formidable in both stature and personality, Black Jack's turbulent political career was never without controversy.« less