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Life in the Shadow of Watergate
Wiley
October 2006
On Sale: October 20, 2006
Featuring: Bob Woodward; Carl Bernstein
304 pages
ISBN: 0471737615
EAN: 9780471737612
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The full, fascinating--and controversial--lives of the two
most famous journalists in the world Watergate was the most important event for journalism,
politics, and the presidency in the last 100 years. Bob
Woodward and Carl Bernstein became household names
throughout the world after they helped topple Nixon and
left an indelible high-water mark that confronts every
future American journalist. But how do you live the rest
of your life knowing you've reached your peak before your
thirtieth birthday? Award-winning journalist Alicia C. Shepard separates myth
from reality in this new and thoughtful look at the duo
collectively known as "Woodstein." She sorts through their
influential early lives and their widely divergent careers
since Watergate. Shepard's riveting tale is the sum of key
interviews with virtually everyone around them, numerous
new archival materials, including the newly opened
Watergate archives, and the revelation of Deep Throat's
identity. The pair became millionaires overnight. Bernstein married
fellow celebrity Nora Ephron, quit the Post, failed
miserably as a network news executive, and has never lived
up to his potential. Woodward soldiered on to become the
biggest brand in the newspaper business, despite having a
Pulitzer-winning protégé at the Post get exposed as a
fraud and losing all his goodwill in Hollywood with a
notorious biography of John Belushi. He famously tells
every interviewer he's just not that interesting, but
writes a mega-bestseller every other year and bears the
weight of nearly all the criticism and praise heaped on
his profession. As gripping as All the President's Men, Woodward and
Bernstein takes readers on an insightful journey through
the contentious intersection of journalism, politics, and
celebrity.
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