Never Dull: From Washington Editor and Foreign Correspondent to Country Publisher

by Robert H. Estabrook

Overview

Never Dull chronicles the author Robert Estabrook's expansive journalistic career. During 25 years on The Washington Post spanning the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy eras, McCarthyism and the Vietnam War, Estabrook wrote editorials and visited 70 countries as a foreign correspondent. He covered world leaders from Khrushchev, De Gaulle, Adenauer, and Macmillan to Chiang Kai-shek, Nehru, and U Thant. In this telling work, Estabrook also divulges the perils and pleasures he experienced during his 34-year love affair with a country weekly in northwest Connecticut, The Lakeville Journal. The book ends with a critical look at journalism and the values that are endangered by the greed that threatens a once-noble profession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761831419
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/07/2005
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Robert H. Estabrook is editor and publisher emeritus of The Lakeville Journal.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Challenge
Chapter 2 Starting Out in Cedar Rapids
Chapter 3 Chapter III War Intrudes
Chapter 4 The Army Experience
Chapter 5 Joining the Washington Post
Chapter 6 Truman, McCarthy and Eisenhower
Chapter 7 Family Man
Chapter 8 Editor of the Editorial Page
Chapter 9 First Trip to Europe
Chapter 10 Around the World
Chapter 11 End of an Era
Chapter 12 The Kennedy
Chapter 13 Assignment in London
Chapter 14 Portugal's Legacy in Angola
Chapter 15 Britain and the Common Market
Chapter 16 A view of the Soviet Union
Chapter 17 Chief Foreign Correspondent
Chapter 18 Go! Go! Go!
Chapter 19 Balkan Adventure
Chapter 20 Markarios and the Sheikh of Bahrain
Chapter 21 With Krushchev in Scandinavia
Chapter 22 Farewell to Europe
Chapter 23 Washington and the Carribean
Chapter 24 Change of Gears
Chapter 25 Covering the United Nations
Chapter 26 Canada, from Quebec to Tuktoyaktuk
Chapter 27 Last Years on the Washington Post
Chapter 28 Buying The Lakeville Journal
Chapter 29 The Anatomy of a Country Weekly
Chapter 30 A Learning Experience
Chapter 31 Midstream Troubles
Chapter 32 Dream or Nightmare?
Chapter 33 The Peter Reilly Case
Chapter 34 Building a Firm Base
Chapter 35 Sweet Recognition
Chapter 36 Selling The Lakeville Journal
Chapter 37 Journalism in Retrospect