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Trusted news anchor's life revealed in biography.

Recommended for fans of journalism and American history. Gain insight into the life of one of America's most famous news anchors, Walter Cronkite. Brinkley's biography paints a picture of a private man who held a public position, tracing Cronkite's career from his time as a print reporter in World War II to his present-day icon status. Gain insight into the major historical events Cronkite covered and reported on, as well as the man behind the camera.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2012)
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ISBN: 9780061374265
Authors: Douglas Brinkley
Date of Publication: 2012-05-29
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 1599 readers)

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For decades, Walter Cronkite was known as "the most trusted man in America." Millions across the nation welcomed him into their homes, first as a print reporter for the United Press on the front lines of World War II, and later, in the emerging medium of television, as a host of numerous documentary programs and as anchor of the CBS Evening News, from 1962 until his retirement in 1981. Yet this very public figure, undoubtedly the twentieth century's most revered journalist, was a remarkably private man; few know the full story of his life. Drawing on unprecedented access to Cronkite's private papers as well as interviews with his family and friends, Douglas Brinkley now brings this American icon into focus as never before.Brinkley traces Cronkite's story from his roots in Missouri and Texas through the Great Depression, during which he began his career, to World War II, when he gained notice reporting with Allied troops from North Africa, D-day, and the Battle of the Bulge. In 1950, Edward R. Murrow recruited him to work for CBS, where he covered presidential elections, the space program, Vietnam, and the first televised broadcasts of the Olympic Games, as both a reporter and later as an anchor for the evening news. Cronkite was also witness to—and the nation's voice for—many of the most profound moments in modern American history, including the Kennedy assassination, Apollos
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Trusted news anchor's life revealed in biography.

Recommended for fans of journalism and American history. Gain insight into the life of one of America's most famous news anchors, Walter Cronkite. Brinkley's biography paints a picture of a private man who held a public position, tracing Cronkite's career from his time as a print reporter in World War II to his present-day icon status. Gain insight into the major historical events Cronkite covered and reported on, as well as the man behind the camera.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2012)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.