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A Reporter's Life
A Reporter's Life
Author: Walter Cronkite
He has been called the most trusted man in America. His 60-year-long journalistic career has spanned the Great Depression, several wars, and the extraordinary changes that have engulfed our nation over the last two-thirds of the 20th century. When Walter Cronkite advised his television audience in 1968 that the war in Vietnam could not be won, P...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780394578798
ISBN-10: 0394578791
Publication Date: 11/27/1996
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 4
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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Helpful Score: 2
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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Helpful Score: 1
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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