| Description |
xix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
A Canadian childhood -- Boy anchor -- The talking trench coat -- Roving anchor -- Flying solo -- Making the news -- World news tonight -- Enthusiasms -- September 11 -- The man -- Citizen -- "I have lung cancer" -- Legacy -- "Finally, this evening ... " |
| Summary |
"For many Americans, Peter Jennings was the voice and face that gave shape and meaning to every day's news. In this biography, readers witness Jennings' extraordinary rise to the top of his profession, but they get to know him as a person, too. This is an oral biography, a collection of memories contributed by Peter's friends, family, competitors, colleagues, and interview subjects. Their stories are full of surprises. Jennings was a high school dropout who spent the rest of his life in pursuit of knowledge. An autodidact, he traveled the world in search of stories, a notebook perpetually tucked into the back of his pants. He also carried a miniature copy of the Constitution, a testament to his love for the United States; Jennings, a Canadian, acquired American citizenship in 2003. These memories are detailed and tender, fiercely honest and often funny |
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They reveal facets of a man many of us felt we knew well - but only because he greeted us every weekday evening from our television sets." "As the people who knew him best make clear, Jennings' first foray into anchoring in America was a failure. In 1965, he was named anchor of ABC's fifteen-minute nightly news digest. He was twenty-six years old, making him the youngest anchor in the history of American television, a feat particularly remarkable because of his Canadian roots. Deemed too green for anchoring, Jennings soon returned to his first love, reporting. In 1971, he established the first American television bureau in the Arab world in Beirut, Lebanon, which would inspire his life-long love of the Middle East - and his fascination with its complicated history. He returned to the ABC anchor desk in 1978, first as part of a triple-anchor team, and then, in 1983, as solo anchor of World News Tonight, where he remained until his death from cancer in 2005."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) |
| Subject |
Jennings, Peter, 1938-2005.
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Television journalists -- Canada -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Darnton, Kate.
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Jennings, Kayce Freed.
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Sherr, Lynn.
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| LC no. |
2007034529 |
| ISBN |
9781586485177 (hardcover) |
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1586485172 (hardcover) |
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1586486446 (paperback) |
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9781586486440 (paperback) |
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