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Title: Front Row at the White House by Helen Thomas, Judith Cummings ISBN: 1-59040-013-5 Publisher: Phoenix Audio Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (34 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: helen, helen, helen...
Comment: you have so much to offer yet you recoil when i think you will strike. yes, you have spent your life covering some of the most fascinating people in the world. and yes, you have great stories to tell. but you fail in opening your personal self to the reader when relating your incredible experiences. it seems like you give us the tip of the iceberg about your experiences and leave the rest to the imagination. we get a glimpse of your views as a reporter, but what about helen thomas the person? how did you PERSONALLY feel about the people and incidents that occurred during your tenure? what was your gut instinct as a woman about international crises and happenings during your career? you give us a nibble when we have prepared for a buffett. this book reads like a history book when it should read as a memoir. i leared quite a lot about dozens of issues and people that i was not aware of prior to this publication. unfortunately, i feel that i didn't learn as much about helen thomas, the person, as i wanted to as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow!
Comment: I'm a fan of the tv show "The West Wing" and started reading this book to find out what the press corps is really like. This book has made me feel like I was there and gives the reader a 'backstage pass' to find out who the people who have been in the White House really are.
She also gives some 'behind the scenes' information and her takes on the men who have filled the oval office since her time. Thomas also talks about how the press corps WAS before it was modernized.
Even if you don't like her personally, this book is just so interesting to read.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Kinder Gentler Side to Her
Comment: I have always assumed that this author would write a book that was full of nasty one liners and little back biting comments. I got that impress just because I have always felt her questions were very brash and aggressive (not that I have any problem with that). It turns out that the book had none of this aggressiveness. As a matter of fact I thought she went easy on all of the Presidents and First Ladies that she covered. The book started out with a rather dull, at least for me, run down of her life up to covering the White House. I was only interested in the White House coverage so this Bio bit of the book was mostly skipped by me.
The author laid out her recollections in a nice way. She first covered all the major events within each administration in chronological order. She then did the same for the Press Secretaries, First Ladies and then the Presidents. All of it was interesting with a good number of details about the individual people involved. She had a lot of stories to tell and they filled the book up nicely. Again my only complaint was that it seemed to me that she pulled some of her punches. She really did not give Nixon a lot of trouble for Watergate nor Reagan for Iran-Contra. I thought she was toughest on Clinton, but that could be due to my own likes and dislikes of the Presidents in question. Overall I liked the book and found it easy to read and full of new facts.
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Title: Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President : Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House by Helen Thomas ISBN: 0743202260 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Washington by Meg Greenfield, Katharine Graham, Michael R. Beschloss ISBN: 1586481185 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Hold On, Mr. President by Jr. Sam A. Donaldson ISBN: 0394553934 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 12 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: All too Human by George Stephanopoulos ISBN: 0316930164 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Personal History by KATHARINE GRAHAM ISBN: 0375701044 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 24 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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