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

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.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTimeline: Events in the Life of Ted TurnerChapter 1 BeginningsChapter 2 Poison IvyChapter 3 Stepping OutChapter 4 Riding the WavesChapter 5 MediatedChapter 6 Oceans AwayChapter 7 Into HeavenChapter 8 Atlanta BravesChapter 9 In the CupChapter 10 News CableChapter 11 AlmostChapter 12 Stepping UpChapter 13 Reaching OutChapter 14 Getting PersonalChapter 15 Color My WorldChapter 16 Remote ControlChapter 17 Time WornChapter 18 Synergy CrisisChapter 19 Clear Cut ReminderSelected Bibliography and Further ResourcesIndexPhoto essay follows page

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

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.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTimeline: Events in the Life of Ted TurnerChapter 1 BeginningsChapter 2 Poison IvyChapter 3 Stepping OutChapter 4 Riding the WavesChapter 5 MediatedChapter 6 Oceans AwayChapter 7 Into HeavenChapter 8 Atlanta BravesChapter 9 In the CupChapter 10 News CableChapter 11 AlmostChapter 12 Stepping UpChapter 13 Reaching OutChapter 14 Getting PersonalChapter 15 Color My WorldChapter 16 Remote ControlChapter 17 Time WornChapter 18 Synergy CrisisChapter 19 Clear Cut ReminderSelected Bibliography and Further ResourcesIndexPhoto essay follows page