Deadlines and Datelines : Essays at the Turn of the Century by Dan Rather (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100688165664
ISBN-139780688165666
eBay Product ID (ePID)634619

Product Key Features

Book TitleDeadlines and Datelines : Essays at the Turn of the Century
Number of PagesXviii, 220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicTelevision / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDan Rather
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-010754
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal070/.92 B
SynopsisRanging from political campaigns to public school crises to turmoil in Russia, the bestselling author and CBS Evening News anchor examines the tragedies and triumphs that shape our nation. Complete with new essays on recent events, Rather explores America at the end of the twentieth century and looks ahead to its future as we enter the twenty-first. With his distinctive blend of frontline energy and a journalist's knack for a good story, Rather looks at the awesome struggles and everyday accomplishments he's witnessed at home and around the globe. With candor, compassion, and sometimes irreverence, Rather examines world leaders and local heroes.Deadlines and Datelines is not without lighter moments. In one laugh-out-loud essay, Rather skewers the phenomenon of "dumb bass," or bass that are bred to go after any hook in sight. On the culture beat, Rather offers personal interviews and insightful appreciations as well as a compelling tribute to JFK, Jr. Throughout these essays, Rather offers readers a wide range of though-provoking observations, and shows yet again the skill and intelligence that have made him "part of our world" for more than four decades., Ranging from political campaigns to public school crises to turmoil in Russia, the bestselling author and CBS Evening News anchor examines the tragedies and triumphs that shape our nation. Complete with new essays on recent events, Rather explores America at the end of the twentieth century and looks ahead to its future as we enter the twenty-first. With his distinctive blend of frontline energy and a journalist's knack for a good story, Rather looks at the awesome struggles and everyday accomplishments he's witnessed at home and around the globe. With candor, compassion, and sometimes irreverence, Rather examines world leaders and local heroes. Deadlines and Datelines is not without lighter moments. In one laugh-out-loud essay, Rather skewers the phenomenon of "dumb bass," or bass that are bred to go after any hook in sight. On the culture beat, Rather offers personal interviews and insightful appreciations as well as a compelling tribute to JFK, Jr. Throughout these essays, Rather offers readers a wide range of though-provoking observations, and shows yet again the skill and intelligence that have made him "part of our world" for more than four decades.
LC Classification NumberPN4874.R28A3 1999
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