Overview
Listen in as veteran journalists swap their favorite stories about life on the job at Cleveland's newspapers during the 1950s, '60s and '70s--when fierce competition between the Cleveland Press and the Plain Dealer made daily newspapers the most exciting business in town. It was a job unlike any other, putting out a daily newspaper for a major city. Back then, the door to the city room was wide open and you never knew who might walk in--strippers, mental patients, circus clowns, the mayor ... It was an amazing parade. The best stories didn't just walk in, though. Reporters wore out shoe leather, jammed dimes into pay phones, pressed their ears to closed doors. Photographers hustled to shoot the action, whether a murder victim or a murderer or the Girl Scout who sold the most cookies. Now, here are the stories behind the stories, told by the men and women who covered them--investigative reporters, society writers, theater critics, sportswriters, photographers, editors ... Their tales are funny, tragic, human and sometimes outrageous. Find out why reporters in those days knew they had the world's best job. This is a boisterous, inside look at the first draft of history.
Full Product Details
Author: John Tidyman
Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
Imprint: Gray & Company Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.10cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9781938441677
ISBN 10: 1938441672
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 12 January 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A welcome primary source of American History . . . utterly fascinating to read for pleasure, and highly recommended anyone curious about heyday of newspapers.--James Cox Library Book Watch (01/01/2010)
A loving tribute to the art and science of being a newspaper reporter . . . The main thrust of this book is the rivalry between the Plain Dealer and the Press, which died--unceremoniously--on June 17, 1982. An era died with it. But you can relive those bumptious, boisterous, downright rowdy days of the 50s through the early 80s with this book . . . You'll laugh, you'll cry, and go back to it time and time again for a bit more of the joie de vivre depicted within its pages.--Kelly Ferjutz CoolCleveland.com (01/13/2012) For anyone who ever worked for--or, for that matter, read--a newspaper, it is an absolute delight.--Richard Osborne The Morning Journal (11/09/2009) Portrays an era of wild public discussion, when Cleveland had three daily papers competing for news . . . the breaking stories, the deadlines, the dead bodies, the martinis. It's a great portrait that, even if you didn't live through that age, will make you miss it.--Michael Gill Cleveland Scene (11/25/2009) A welcome primary source of American History . . . utterly fascinating to read for pleasure, and highly recommended anyone curious about heyday of newspapers.--James Cox Library Book Watch (01/01/2010)
Author Information
John Tidyman is the author of eight books and has written for just about every publication in Northeast Ohio. After graduating from Lakewood High School, he was drafted and fought in the Vietnam War, and returned a 19-year-old buck sergeant. after stints as a waiter, a warehouseman, and an air freight agent, he joined the Cleveland Press as a reporter. He has been writing ever since.
