On Press. A Top Reporter's Life in, and Reflections on,

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BAD8412
Price:
$15.00

Description

On Press. A Top Reporter's Life in, and Reflections on, American Journalism by Tom Wicker. '"The boys in the newspaper game,' a condescending description of my colleagues and me which I seldom heard anymore, had become on the one hand the ruthless villains of Agnew's warning vision, and on the other the stainless heroes of the Redford-Hoffman movie. . . . A quarter century in the press, from the Sandhill Citizen to The New York Times, had given me a far different view of my trade. I had seldom seen it as heroic, only occasionally as villainous, frequently as ill advised, all too often as inaccurate, sometimes as powerfully effective." The author of these words has, in his years in American journalism, done and reflected much. As a writer on a powerful newspaper, he has been "stroked" in the Oval Office, has stood as moderator in a savage prison riot, and been present at the killing of a president. The dust jacket has medium general wear with scuffs and creasing. The book has age spots down the page edges but remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Wicker, Tom
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    The Viking Press, New York
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Minus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    A6
  • ISBN:
    0670524565
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    271
  • Publish Date:
    1978
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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