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Walter Cronkite and Don Carleton : Conversations with Cronkite

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2010

ISBN 9780976669739

4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Y3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Don Carleton to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has soiled patch with chipping on the opposite side of the front top, book has some residue on the front top edge, some scattered light stains and scuffing on the page edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Foreword by Morley Safer. 10.25"x7.25", 375 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Conversations with Cronkite gives readers a rare glimpse into the life and times of the late Walter Cronkite, in his own words. The book contains selections from interviews between the legendary journalist and an experienced oral historian - Cronkite's friend, Dr. Don Carleton. The relationship between Cronkite and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History was forged in 1988 when Carleton invited the legendary CBS newsman to make the Center the permanent archival home for his personal and professional papers. In 1989 Cronkite asked Carleton to assist him with the research and preparation for his autobiography. Every three to four months, for a period stretching over four years, they met for two or three days, sometimes longer, for Carleton to interview Cronkite and to record the recollections of his extraordinary life and career. Eventually they produced more than sixty hours of recordings and thirteen hundred pages of transcript. While Cronkite used the interviews as the basis of his 1996 memoir, A Reporter's Life, the interviews themselves have never been published. With the publication of Conversations with Cronkite, readers have the opportunity to read the behind-the-scenes stories of his life, edited by Carleton to focus on key events, issues, and themes. More than just oral history transcripts, these are the intimate conversations of two friends, covering virtually every aspect of Cronkite's life and career. Illustrated with photographs from the Cronkite Papers, Conversations with Cronkite gives the readers the opportunity to once again hear the voice of "the most trusted man in America.". Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition
Signed by Author

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