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American Radical : The Life And Times Of I.F. Stone

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Right Time, Right Place : Coming Of Age With William F. Buckley Jr. And The Conservative Movement

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CBS’s Don Hollenbeck : An Honest Reporter In The Age Of McCarthyism

  • CBS's Don Hollenbeck : An Honest Reporter In The Age Of McCarthyism

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    Loren Ghiglione

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    Book, Columbia University Press, 2008

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    Loren Ghiglione recounts the fascinating life and tragic suicide of Don Hollenbeck, the controversial newscaster who became a primary target of McCarthyism’s smear tactics. For this honest work, Hollenbeck was attacked by conservative anti-Communists, especially Hearst columnist Jack O’Brian, and in 1954, plagued by depression, alcoholism, three failed marriages, and two network firings (and worried about a third), Hollenbeck took his own life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PN4874.H62 G45 2008  AVAILABLE

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Mr. Playboy : Hugh Hefner And The American Dream

  • Mr. Playboy : Hugh Hefner And The American Dream

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    Steven Watts

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    Book, Wiley, 2008

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    Playboy is no longer the cultural force it used to be, but it made a stamp on society.”-Associated Press “In Steven Watts’ exhaustive, illuminating biography Mr. Playboy, Hefner’s ideal for living — marked by his allegiances to Tarzan, Freud, Pepsi-Cola and jazz — proves to be a kind of gloss on the Protestant work ethic.”-Los Angeles Times Gorgeous young women in revealing poses; Punctuated throughout with descriptions and anecdotes of life at the Playboy Mansions, Mr. Playboy tells the compelling and uniquely American story of how one person with a provocative idea, a finger on the pulse of popular opinion, and a passion for his work altered the course of modern history. Spans from Hefner’s childhood to the launch of Playboy magazine and the expansion of the Playboy empire to the present Puts Hefner’s life and work into the cultural context of American life from the mid-twentieth-century onwards Contains over 50 B/W and color photos, including an actual fold-out centerfold (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PN4874.H454 W38 2008  DUE 02-22-10

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Selling The Great War : The Making Of American Propaganda

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George, Being George : George Plimpton’s Life As Told, Admired, Deplored, And Envied By 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals, And A Few Unappreciative Observers

  • George, Being George : George Plimpton's Life As Told, Admired, Deplored, And Envied By 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals, And A Few Unappreciative Observers

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    edited by Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr

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    Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2008

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    Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. This book is the party that was George?s life?and it?s a big one?attended by scores of people, including Peter Matthiessen, Robert Silvers, Jean Stein, William Styron, Maggie Paley, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, and Gore Vidal, as well as lesser-known intimates and acquaintances, each with candid and compelling stories to tell about George Plimpton and childhood rebellion, adult indiscretions, literary tastes, ego trips, loyalties and jealousies, riches and drugs, and embracing life no matter the consequences. In George, Being George people feel free to say what guests say at parties when the subject of the conversation isn?t around anymore. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     BROWSING (MAIN)  PS3566.L5 Z68 2008  AVAILABLE

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Waiting For An Ordinary Day : The Unraveling Of Life In Iraq

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Restless Genius : Barney Kilgore And The Invention Of Modern Journalism

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Of Spies And Spokesmen : My Life As A Cold War Correspondent

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An Accidental Journalist : The Adventures Of Edmund Stevens, 1934-1945

  • An Accidental Journalist : The Adventures Of Edmund Stevens, 1934-1945

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    Cheryl Heckler

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    Book, University of Missouri Press, 2007

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    Drawing on Stevens s memoirs as well as his articles and correspondence, Heckler sheds new light on both the public and the private Stevens, portraying a reporter adapting to new roles and circumstances with a skill that journalists today could well emulate. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PN4874.S6867 H43 2007  AVAILABLE

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A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity

  • A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity

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    Bill O’Reilly

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    Book, 1st ed, Broadway Books, 2008

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    One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid?s parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O?Reilly and said, ?William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity.? In his most intimate book yet, O?Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. What will delight his numerous fans and surprise many others is the humor and self-deprecation with which he handles one of his core subjects: himself, and just how O?Reilly became O?Reilly. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PN4874.O73 A3 2008  AVAILABLE

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Ida : A Sword Among Lions : Ida B. Wells And The Campaign Against Lynching

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Kate Field : The Many Lives Of A Nineteenth-century American Journalist

  • Kate Field : The Many Lives Of A Nineteenth-century American Journalist

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    Gary Scharnhorst

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    Book, 1st ed, Syracuse University Press, 2008

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    Kate Field was among the first celebrity journalists. She wrote for several prestigious newspapers, such as the Boston Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Herald, as well her own Kate Field’s Washington. Field’s friends and professional acquaintances included Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PN4874.F435 S33 2008  AVAILABLE

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Gin Before Breakfast : The Dilemma Of The Poet In The Newsroom

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Boom! : Voices Of The Sixties : Personal Reflections On The ’60s And Today

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