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My paper chase: true stories of vanished times

Book information

Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Year
2009
ISBN
9780316092074, 031609207X, 9780316168557, 0316168556
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4463878 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
(580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illus
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life, a story stretching from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map, entailing clashes with Rupert Murdoch and crusades to use journalism to better the lives of those less fortunate.;Vanished times. Grains of truth ; Getting up steam ; First, know your enemy ; Hot metal ; How I won the war ; Non nobis solum ; The sting of Disraeli's gibe ; Stop press ; Why aren't their women wearing our frocks? ; Adventures in the land of opportunity ; From Delhi to Darlington ; Just causes -- Scoop, scandal, and strife. The Rolls-Royce of Fleet Street ; The third man ; Children on our conscience ; Space barons ; Death in Cairo ; Divided loyalties ; Showdowns ; My Newfoundland. Vanished times. Grains of truth Getting up steam First, know your enemy Hot metal How I won the war Non nobis solum The sting of Disraeli's gibe Stop press Why aren't their women wearing our frocks? Adventures in the land of opportunity From Delhi to Darlington Just causes -- Scoop, scandal, and strife. The Rolls-Royce of Fleet Street The third man Children on our conscience Space barons Death in Cairo Divided loyalties Showdowns My Newfoundland.

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