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Woodward and Bernstein, October 2006
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WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN
By: Alicia C. Shepard

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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