My Paper Chase True Stories of Vanished Times

by Evans, Harold

• ISBN13: 9780316031431
• ISBN10: 0316031437
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-06
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

Upon its publication, My Paper Chase received rave reviews from newspapers, broadcasters, and bloggers across three continents, and was a 2009 Notable Book of the New York Times-and for good reason. It's the wild and wonderful tale of a newspapering and publishing odyssey that took Harold Evans from wartime Manchester to London and finally to America. Editor of two of the world's most renowned newspapers, the Sunday Timesand The Times, publisher of Random House, and a bestselling author in his own right, Evans brings to life print media's glorious history as he recalls his own-from unmasking the greatest Soviet spy to taking on the lost cause of the thalidomide children-and winning-to clashes with politicians, government agencies, and Rupert Murdoch, to finally achieving what Scott Fitzgerald has declared impossible-A Second Act in America. In an age when newspapers everywhere are under threat, My Paper Chase is a witty and inspiring personal story but also a poignant and timely reminder of all that newspapers have been, and all that can be again.

Author Biography

Harold Evans is the author of the New York Times bestseller The American Century. He was the founding editor of Conde Nast Traveler, editorial director of U.S. News & World Report, and President and Publisher of Random House, where he published a record number of bestsellers. He was editor of the London Sunday Times and of The Times. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Vanished Times
Grains of Truth	p. 3
Getting Up Steam	p. 12
First, Know Your Enemy	p. 40
Hot Metal	p. 72
How I Won the War	p. 100
Non Nobis Solum	p. 112
The Sting of Disraeli's Gibe	p. 122
Stop Press	p. 138
Why Aren't Their Women Wearing Our Frocks?	p. 166
Adventures in the Land of Opportunity	p. 192
From Delhi to Darlington	p. 235
Just Causes	p. 263
Scoop, Scandal, and Strife
The Rolls-Royce of Fleet Street	p. 301
The Third Man	p. 323
Children on Our Conscience	p. 353
Space Barons	p. 385
Death in Cairo	p. 413
Divided Loyalties	p. 445
Showdowns	p. 482
My Newfoundland	p. 507
Acknowledgments	p. 545
Principal Sunday Times Books	p. 553
Bibliography	p. 557
Index	p. 565
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