Lone Star The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather

Name: Lone Star The Extraordinary Life and Times of Dan Rather
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ISBN: 9780471792178

ISBN-10: 0471792179

ISBN-13: 9780471792178

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alan Weisman

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His career has covered and in many ways mirrored the turbulence of the last four decades. Dan Rather was the first to report John F. Kennedy's death in Dallas. He sparred with Richard Nixon during the Watergate era. And from 1981 to 2004, he was the anchorman and managing editor for the CBS Evening News-a job that took him from Soviet-occupied Afghanistan to war-torn Bosnia, from the Reagan Iran-Contra scandal to the Clinton impeachment, from 9/11 to the war in Iraq. Rather is both widely admired for his dedication to journalistic integrity and known for his occasional stubbornness. Throughout his career, critics have taken him to task for his alleged liberal bias, poked fun at his homespun…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Thanks for the Memories



Never Stay Down and Never Quit



From Big D to D.C. to the VC



Nixon and Gunga Dan



Life without Walter



Seduced and Abandoned



What Is the Frequency?



Live Fire



Surviving



Blinded by the Light



Edward R. Murrow Is Dead


Epilogue: Picking Up the Pieces


Notes


Bibliography


Credits


Index