Cronkite
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An acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait.
He also interviewed nearly two hundred of Cronkite’s closest friends and colleagues, including Andy Rooney, Leslie Stahl, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Brian Williams, Les Moonves, Christiane Amanpour, Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer, Ted Turner, Jimmy Buffett, and Morley Safer, using their voices to instill dignity and humanity in this study of one of America’s most beloved and trusted public figures.
This landmark work of media history reveals:
- A World War II Correspondent: Follow Cronkite into the European theater as a young United Press reporter, flying on bombing missions with the legendary "Writing Sixty-Ninth."
- The Rise of Television News: Go behind the scenes at CBS News during the birth of TV journalism, chronicling the transition from radio to a new visual medium that would change America forever.
- An Eyewitness to History: Relive the pivotal moments of the twentieth century—from the Nuremberg Trials and the Cold War to presidential history—through the eyes of the man in the anchor chair.
- A Deeply Personal Portrait: Discover the private man behind the public figure, drawn from newly opened archives and nearly two hundred interviews with friends, family, and colleagues like Dan Rather and Barbara Walters.
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About the author
Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him “America’s New Past Master.” He is the recipient of such distinguished environmental leadership prizes as the Frances K. Hutchison Medal (Garden Club of America), the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks (National Parks Conservation Association), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Lifetime Heritage Award. His book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies. His two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes won the Arthur S. Link–Warren F. Kuehl Prize. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.
