{"product_id":"chasing-history-a-kid-in-the-newsroom-9781250869890","title":"Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250869890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Carl Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520582684853,"sku":"9781250869890","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d31e4b2a-b702-40ff-87c9-da7d93460c58.jpg?v=1669129933","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chasing-history-a-kid-in-the-newsroom-9781250869890","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}