Big Men Fear Me

Author: Mark Bourrie
Publisher: Biblioasis

For this biography of George McCullagh, stock market speculator, lover of horse races, and one-time owner of the Globe and Mail, I focused on a photo of him that had a bit of swagger to it to convey both his personality and his outsider status in 1930s Toronto – the opposite of an establishment man. The type is a nod to newspaper headline styles.