Looking back at the Arkansas gazette : an oral history / edited by Roy Reed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reed, Roy, 1930-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arkansas gazette (Little Rock, Ark. : 1889).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, Alaska : University of Arkansas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Roy Reed is the author of Faubus (University of Arkansas Press) and Looking for Hogeye (University of Arkansas Press). He was an Arkansas Gazette reporter for eight years before becoming a national and foreign correspondent for the New York Times and then a longtime professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas.</div>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; The Cast; 1. Mr. Woodruff's Newspaper; 2. The Old Man; 3. Mr. Heiskell's Newspaper; 4. Gazette People: At Work and Play; 5. The Newsroom: Thick with Smoke, Excitement, and Tomfoolery; 6. Stories: Scoundrels, Heroes, and Lesser Species; 7. Harry Ashmore; 8. 1957; 9. Gannett and Be Damned; 10. The War: Mr. Hussman's Paper; 11. The Last Days; 12. P.S.; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-61075-249-X

OCLC:

769187829