Name/Title
A Reporter's LifeEntry/Object ID
2021.2.252Description
'A Reporter's Life' by Walter Cronkite. Copyright©1996, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. An autobiography of the personal and professional life story of the original 'anchorman' of whom the phrase was coined. Bound book with a black cover. The book jacket is a photograph of the 80 year old author in a classic pose, while the back photo is him enjoying retirement at the wheel of his sail boat. The book is signed by the author.Context
Sixteen untitled chapters of the author and reporter's life. The middle of the book contains 8 pages displaying 36 photographs from his birth to retirement. Stored inside the book are two pages of a front page newspaper article from the St. Joseph News-Press. The paper is dated July 18, 2009 with the byline WALTER CRONKITE DIES AT 92. The first photo is black & white and shows Cronkite talking on the phone prior to his final newscast. Behind him on his desk is a framed picture of Mickey Mouse and his Emmy award. The second page has a 1952 black & white photo of him as a CBS Washington newsman, and a colored portrait of him that hung in his father's office.Lexicon
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6.25" x 9.5" x 1.25"Book Details
Author
Walter CronkiteDate Published
1996