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A Reporter's Life
A Reporter's Life
Author: Walter Cronkite
From Publishers Weekly — Written with wry, self-deprecating humor, Cronkite's memoir gives us the veteran TV newscaster at his most relaxed and ingratiating as he recounts dozens of his scoops: for example, tracking down and interviewing Takeo Yoshikawa, the Japanese spy who was strategic to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Daniel Ellsberg when he...  more »
ISBN: 97786
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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A fascinating book by one of the finest news correspondents ever. Cronkite's behind the scenes look at the infancy of television and the news reporting styles as we know them are great reading. There will never be another reporter like him.
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I started reading this book but found Walter's witing style too boring, and stopped. Recently , I read a reference in Andy Rooney's book, "My War" stating that Walter Cronkite was a great reporter but not a great writer. Now I know why.
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great book - very interesting learning about Cronkite's 'behind the scenes' stories
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It was a great book about a wonderful reporter of our time.
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I read part of it, it's full of anecdotes of the powerful from the 1950s and 1960s.


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