Brinkley's beat: people, places and events that shaped my time

✍ Scribed by Brinkley, David

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The late journalist offers profiles of the Washington insiders with whom he has worked; accounts of some of the stories he has covered, including the assassination of President Kennedy and D-Day; and reminiscences of his career.;People: Theodore Bilbo -- Martin Dies -- J. Edgar Hoover -- May Craig -- Joe McCarthy -- Everett Dirksen -- Jimmy Hoffa -- Lyndon Johnson -- Bobby Kennedy -- Ronald Reagan -- Bill Clinton -- Places: Normandy, 1944 and 1994 -- The Mediterranean -- The Mississippi -- Two cities on the edge of the Cold War -- Three beaches -- Two Birminghams -- Events: Political conventions -- The Kennedy Assassination -- A reflection on a life in broadcast news.

✦ Table of Contents

People: Theodore Bilbo --
Martin Dies --
J. Edgar Hoover --
May Craig --
Joe McCarthy --
Everett Dirksen --
Jimmy Hoffa --
Lyndon Johnson --
Bobby Kennedy --
Ronald Reagan --
Bill Clinton --
Places: Normandy, 1944 and 1994 --
The Mediterranean --
The Mississippi --
Two cities on the edge of the Cold War --
Three beaches --
Two Birminghams --
Events: Political conventions --
The Kennedy Assassination --
A reflection on a life in broadcast news.

✦ Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical;HISTORY--United States--State & Local--General;Television journalists--United States;Television journalists;Politics and government;Biography;;Biographies;Brinkley, David;Television journalists -- United States -- Biography;United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical;HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General;United States

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