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My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast
Simon & Schuster
October 2004
On Sale: September 28, 2004
240 pages
ISBN: 0743265858
EAN: 9780743265850
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In this engaging memoir of television news and its unique
place in history, New York Times bestselling author
and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer takes us
behind the scenes of the Sunday morning institution that has
provided a window on the most memorable events of the last
half-century. With his critically acclaimed memoir This
Just In, Schieffer proved himself a natural storyteller,
a gifted writer able to capture the workings of television
news with remarkable wit and insight. Now Schieffer focuses
his keen reporter's eye on 50 years of Face the
Nation's live broadcasts and the historic moments the
program has captured. From its 1954 debut, an interview with
Senator Joe McCarthy the day before the Senate debate that
would condemn him, to the broadcast's 1957 groundbreaking
interview with a candid and controversial Nikita Khrushchev;
from the brilliant analysis of communism made by guest
Martin Luther King Jr. to the sometimes stunning, always
revealing interviews with each sitting president; from the
heroic and moving coverage of the terrorist attacks of
September 11 to the revolutionary coverage of the war in
Iraq, Schieffer shares unforgettable anecdotes about the
guests, the stories and the events captured by the venerable
public affairs program. Marked by the author's candid
personal observations and wise, good humor, and featuring a
special companion DVD of broadcast highlights created by CBS
News for this edition, Bob Schieffer's look at 50 years of
Face the Nation shines an entertaining and nostalgic
light on America's presidents, culture, foreign policy and
domestic affairs.
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