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Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times
by Thomas, Helen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used; Very Good /Used; Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684849119
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849119
- Seller
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About This Item
Scribner, 1999-05-07. First Edition. Hardcover. Used; Very Good /Used; Very Good . From the woman who has reported on every president from Kennedy to Clinton comes a privileged glimpse into the White House -- and a telling record of the ever-changing relationship between the presidency and the press.Helen Thomas wanted to be a reporter from her earliest years. She turned a copy-aide job at the Washington Daily News into a powerful and successful career spanning thirty-seven years and eight U.S. presidents. Assigned to the White House press corps in 1961. Thomas was the first woman to close a press conference with Thank you. Mr. President. She was also the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member, later president, of the Gridiron Club.In this revealing memoir, which includes hundreds of anecdotes, observations, and personal details. Thomas looks back on a career spent with presidents at home and abroad, on the ground and in the air. Providing a unique view of the past four decades of presidential history. Front Row at the White House offers a seasoned study of the relationship between the chief executive officer and the press -- a relationship that is sometimes uneasy, sometimes playful, yet always integral to the democratic process.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABBK13391
- Title
- Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times
- Author
- Thomas, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684849119
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849119
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999-05-07
- Keywords
- biography, women journalists,united states politics and government,Thomas,Helen
- X weight
- 26 oz
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