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Wise, rueful, candid, graceful commentaries from one of journalisms most stylish and respected writers.
With his critically acclaimed bestselling memoir, This Just In, Bob Schieffer proved a natural storyteller, a gifted writer able to capture current affairs, television newsand himselfwith remarkable wit and insight. It is a gift he has also been able to bring to his awardwinning commentaries for Face the Nation.
No one had done commentaries for CBS since Eric Sevareids retirement in 1977, when, in April 1994, Schieffer decided his show that week on the death of Richard Nixon needed a few closing words to put the subject into context. The reaction was overwhelmingly positive, and he has been doing them ever since.
Bob Schieffers America brings together 168 of his best essays, pieces that cover a broad range: from the hard issues of today to the human stories that show us who we are; from politics and presidents and tragedy to the things that touch us, make us laugh, or reveal the small shifts in our culture that sometimes just creep up on us.
Smart, humorous, commonsensical, pitch-perfectsometimes bitingly critical and plainspoken, other times suffused with wonder or delightthese essays speak to us all.
My objective, says Schieffer, has never been to convert someone to my way of thinking, but merely to provoke thought, to explain a complicated subject, or to call attention to a human foible. The greatest compliment to me is not when viewers write to say they agree with my conclusion, but when they say, I really never thought of it that way before.
In addition to these outstanding essays, Schieffer has written a wealth of brand-new materialcommentaries on my commentariesthat run throughout the book, offering further anecdotes, reflections, updates, and insights. In all, it is as Jim Lehrer described This Just In: A delight, a joya treasure.
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With his critically acclaimed bestselling memoir "This Just In," Schieffer proved to be a natural storyteller and gifted writer. This work brings together 168 of his best essays, pieces that cover a broad range, from the hard issues of today to human stories of tragedy and triumph.
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The Face the Nation commentator delivers ?a fitting companion to his career memoir, This Just In? (Texas Monthly). Bob Schieffer?s America brings together 171 of his smart, humorous, and pitch-perfect essays: from today?s hard issues to the human stories that show readers who they are; from politics and presidents and tragedy to the things that touch them, make them laugh, or record the small shifts in culture that just creep up. In addition, Schieffer has written ?commentaries on my commentaries? that run throughout the book, offering further anecdotes, reflections, updates, and insights.
About the Author
Bob Schieffer has been covering the news for forty-five years, first as a newspaper reporter and, since 1969, as a correspondent for CBS News. At CBS, he is one of the very few correspondents who have covered all four major Washington beats: the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Capitol Hill. He has been CBSs chief Washington correspondent since 1982, and became the anchor and moderator of Face the Nation in 1991. For twenty years he anchored the Saturday edition of the CBS Evening News and, for a year and a half, the weekday broadcasts. He has won six Emmy awards, and in 2002 was named Broadcaster of the Year by the National Press Foundation.