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The digital version of this audiobook contains an introduction read by Carl Bernstein
The Pulitzer Prizewinning coauthor of All the Presidents Menthe chronicle of the investigative report about the Watergate breakin and resultant political scandal which led to President Richard Nixons resignationrecalls his formative years as a teenage newspaper reporter in JFKs Washingtona tale of adventures scrapes clever escapes and the opportunity of a lifetime
Carl Bernstein Washington Star
With these words the sixteenyearold senior at Montgomery Blair High School set himself apart from the high school crowd and set himself on a track that would define his life Carl Bernstein was far from the best student in his classin fact he was in danger of not graduating at allbut he had a talent for writing a burning desire to know things that other people didnt and a flair for being in the right place at the right time Those qualities got him inside the newsroom at the Washington Star the afternoon paper in the nations capital in the summer of 1960 a pivotal time for America for Washington DC and for a young man in a hurry on the cusp of adulthood
Chasing History opens up the world of the early 1960s as Bernstein experienced it chasing after grisly crimes with the papers police reporter gathering colorful details at a John F Kennedy campaign rally running afoul of union rules and confronting racial tensions as the civil rights movement gained strength We learn alongside him as he comes to understand the life of a newspaperman and we share his pride as he hunts down information gets his first byline and discovers that he has a talent for the job after all
By turns exhilarating funny tense and poignant Chasing History shows us a country coming into its own maturity along with young Carl Bernstein and when he strikes out on his own after five years at the Star his hardwon knowledge and experience feels like ours as well
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
Narrator Robert Petkoff with an occasional assist from the author takes listeners back to the beginning Sounding like an indulgent grandfather telling his life story to his grandchildren Petkoff recounts how a scrappy high schooler managed to worm his way into the WASHINGTON STAR newsroom at age 16 This audiobook will provide hope to any wouldbe journalist AudioFile
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