David Brinkley - A Memoir 11 Presidents, 4 Wars, 22 Political Conventions, 1 Moon Landing, 3 Assassinations, 2,000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina
by Brinkley, David ; [SIGNED] ; [Rowland Evans]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 067940693X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679406938
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 273 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and Signed by the author on ffep "To Rowly - / Goof Luck! But not / too much. (in the poker / game, that is.) / David Brinkley / (Best to Kay)" A nice association copy between two very successful journalists. David Brinkley, icon of the American airwaves, has written his autobiography, a classic American story which overlaps with some of the great events and important personages of the era. From playing poker with Truman to riding the rails with Churchill to walking the beaches with D-Day veterans, readers are privy to some of Brinkley's most priceless remembrances. The highly-regarded American broadcast journalist (1920-2003) hosted NBC's "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" with Chet Huntley (1956-70) and ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley" (1981-98). PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative newspaper columnist, commentator and author who antagonized liberal politicians and championed conservative causes. He left Yale and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 during World War II and was discharged in 1944 because of malaria. In 1963, Mr. Evans and Mr. Novak began writing ''Inside Report,'' an insider's view of politics that was published four times a week until Mr. Evans retired in 1993. Mr. Evans and Robert Novak began their work as columnists in the early 1960's, a time when newspaper columnists wielded outsize influence in national politics. The pair pioneered in transferring that influence to the medium of cable television with the political discussion program ''Evans & Novak'' -- carried on CNN from that cable network's beginning. Rowland Evans and his wife Kay (Katherine Winton Evans), also a respected writer and editor, were mainstays on the Washington social scene, hosting many memorable gatherings in their handsome Georgetown house -- to which flocked influential and remarkable people drawn from journalism, politics and general society over the decades from the 1960s to the 2000s. Both Evans and Novak became more predictably conservative over the years, particularly during the Reagan years. Reportedly, both columnists voted for JFK in 1960 and for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Evans earned a place on Richard Nixon's infamous "Enemies List." Novak reported that Evans had JFK as a guest for the first dinner party the latter attended as President Elect. Kay and Rowland Evans had a particularly close friendship with Robert F. Kennedy, his wife Ethel and their family.; Signed by Author .
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- Title
- David Brinkley - A Memoir 11 Presidents, 4 Wars, 22 Political Conventions, 1 Moon Landing, 3 Assassinations, 2,000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina
- Author
- Brinkley, David ; [SIGNED] ; [Rowland Evans]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067940693X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679406938
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Newsmen, News Broadcasters, Television News Coverage, Huntley-Brinkley Report, Rowland Evans, The Georgetown Set
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History; Biography and Autobiography; Political Science; Journalism;
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