The wonderful room: the making of a Texas newspaperman
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Main Author: Woolley, Bryan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Antonio, Tex. Wings Press 2010
Edition:1st ed
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:"The Wonderful Room first appeared in 2006 in The Dallas Morning News"--Title page verso
Introduction -- Section A: I begin -- Section B: The wonderful room -- Section C: My career in peril -- Section D: Famous people I used to know -- Section E: The burglar -- Section F: Bodies -- Section G: I am promoted -- Section H: Juárez -- Section I: Rosa
Following the life of journalist Bryan Woolley, this lively account paints a colorful and accurate picture of newspaper reporting on the Mexican border 50 years ago. From Woolley's initiation at the "El Paso Times" to his smoking cigars with Andres Segovia and his pulling on the pant leg of Louie Armstrong to get an interview, this is the tale of the cantankerous, boozy, cynical, and somehow heroic characters who once inhabited the newsroom of a great American town. Highlighting the glory days of journalism, this autobiography shows how a single newspaper story can change people's li
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 64 pages)
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