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Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics
by Germond, Jack W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375500987
- ISBN 13
- 9780375500985
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1999. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition, 2nd printing 8vo size hardcover with color photo illustrated dust jacket; 284 pages including index From dust jacket: "For over four decades, the legendary reporter Jack W. Germond has made national politics his beat... In this highly entertaining memoir he serves up his inimitable views on politics and elections across the country and recounts the daily trials of being a political reporter on the road - including often returning home on a late-Friday-night standby flight, a fat man in a middle-seat... In an age when the media have become their own worst enemy, Jack Germond reminds us what great reporting is." Jack Germond (1928 - 2013) was a journalist, author of six books and television personality. His career spanned more than 50 years. Jacket is price clipped, edgeworn, bumped top of spine and worn top back corner. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Jack W. Germond is a political columnist for the Baltimore Sun. He has been Gannett bureau chief in Washington and a columnist and editor for the now-defunct Washington Star. He first appeared on Meet the Press in 1972 and has been a regular on the Today show, CNN, and The McLaughlin Group. He is a regular panelist on Inside Washington. Germond lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006555
- Title
- Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics
- Author
- Germond, Jack W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0375500987
- ISBN 13
- 9780375500985
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- signed; autographed; First Edition; 1st Edition; media; politics; Television personality;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Signed; First Editions;
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