{"product_id":"chasing-history-a-kid-in-the-newsroom-9781250869890","title":"Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carl Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this triumphant memoir, Carl Bernstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e and pioneer of investigative journalism, recalls his beginnings as an audacious teenage newspaper reporter in the nation's capital--a winning tale of scrapes, gumshoeing, and American bedlam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1960, Bernstein was just a sixteen-year-old at considerable risk of failing to graduate high school. Inquisitive, self-taught--and, yes, truant--Bernstein landed a job as a copyboy at the \u003ci\u003eEvening Star\u003c\/i\u003e, the afternoon paper in Washington. By nineteen, he was a reporter there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom\u003c\/i\u003e, Bernstein recalls the origins of his storied journalistic career as he chronicles the Kennedy era, the swelling civil rights movement, and a slew of grisly crimes. He spins a buoyant, frenetic account of educating himself in what Bob Woodward describes as \"the genius of perpetual engagement.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunny and exhilarating, poignant and frank, \u003ci\u003eChasing History\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary memoir of life on the cusp of adulthood for a determined young man with a dogged commitment to the truth.","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355614863511,"sku":"9781250869890","price":560.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781250869890.webp?v=1767671027","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/chasing-history-a-kid-in-the-newsroom-9781250869890","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}