The Making of an Ink-Stained Wretch: Half a Century Pounding the Political Beat

by Jules Witcover

Jules Witcover has covered American politics for more than half a century. His career extends from the I Like Ike days of manual typewriters and whistle-stop trains to the high-tech era of laptop... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801882478
• ISBN13: 9780801882470
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic-- From one the Greats!

If you are a fan of Timothy Crouse's Boys on the Bus; or you read Witcover and Germond's Presidential election analyses; or you followed their column (and later just his), then this book will be a blast. Highly insightful and full of great anecdotes (and several practical jokes), I thoroughly enjoyed a more personal perspective about many of the same events detailed in his other books. The book provides an insider's view of the political writer's world with great characterization and great storytelling. Mr. Witcover has had a wonderfully exciting life and has been witness to some of our greatest (and worst) moments. I have always respected his logical and well-researched analysis. All around great stuff!