Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels
By (Author) Andrea Mitchell
Penguin Putnam Inc
Penguin USA
26th December 2006
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
496
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 25mm
454g
Description
No TV reporter today is more respected than NBC_x0092_s Andrea Mitchell. She_x0092_s covered stories from Jonestown to the fall of the Berlin Wall, gotten unexpected answers from such interviewees as Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton, and balanced her high-wire career with a very public marriage to former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Dr. Alan Greenspan. Mitchell_x0092_s candid, funny, and riveting memoir is filled with unprecedented behind-the-scenes views of the television news industry and official Washington. A classic of contemporary journalism by a woman who has taken on her profession_x0092_s entire old-boy network, Talking Back deserves a place on the shelf alongside the memoirs of Hillary Clinton and Katherine Graham.
Reviews
Andrea Mitchell [is] the go-to reporter when a big story is breaking in Washington and throughout the world.Tom BrokawThe reader feels like a rapt cocktail party guest, listening to amazing stories from a bold and admirable career.Los Angeles Times
Author Bio
Andrea Mitchell has been chief foreign correspondent for NBC since 1994, reporting for broadcasts such as NBC Nightly News, Today, and Meet the Press. Previously she was NBC's chief White House correspondent and has reported on presidential politics since 1972.
