The Times of My Life: and My Life with "the Times" - Hardcover

Frankel, Max

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679448241 ISBN 13: 9780679448242

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1999

Synopsis

In an entertaining memoir that spans some of the major events of the twentieth century, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist chronicles his forty-five year career at The New York Times, from his youth in Nazi Germany through World War II to the Cold War, the Space Race, and beyond. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

" Must-reading for journalists and history buffs alike...a behind-the-scenes look at the inner sanctum of one of the world's mightiest newspapers, and the power plays and strong personalities that fueled the Cold War from beginning to end."
--"The Dallas Morning News"
" Gripping reading."
--"The New York Times"
" A fascinating chronicle...Intriguing...Illuminating...Frankel's memoirs illuminate the second half of the 20th century."
--"Chicago Tribune"
" Remarkably well-written and earnest...deserves to be widely read...it has much in common with Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, which also describes the immigrant experience of overcoming hardship and becoming an American."
--"Associated Press"
" Superb....This memoir is one of the most elegant ever composed by a newspaperman. It's a smart, tough, scrupulous book."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
" A wonderful read, vigorous, personal, and passionate."
--"The Rocky Mountain News," Denver

"Must-reading for journalists and history buffs alike...a behind-the-scenes look at the inner sanctum of one of the world's mightiest newspapers, and the power plays and strong personalities that fueled the Cold War from beginning to end."
--The Dallas Morning News

"Gripping reading."
--The New York Times

"A fascinating chronicle...Intriguing...Illuminating...Frankel's memoirs illuminate the second half of the 20th century."
--Chicago Tribune

"Remarkably well-written and earnest...deserves to be widely read...it has much in common with Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, which also describes the immigrant experience of overcoming hardship and becoming an American."
--Associated Press

"Superb....This memoir is one of the most elegant ever composed by a newspaperman. It's a smart, tough, scrupulous book."
--The New York Times Book Review

"A wonderful read, vigorous, personal, and passionate."
--The Rocky Mountain News, Denver

From the Author:

About 'The Times of My Life' & Life With the New York Times
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From my introduction:

This is the memoir of a fugitive, beginning with a desperate pursuit of permits and passports to get our family past the borders of hate and barriers of indifference the defined our times...

I escaped into America, and beyond it. The idea of America became my proud passport. A passion to conform made me a patriot. The discovery of words turned me into a skeptic. And the journalist's press pass sent me vaulting across borders to gain a spectacular perspective on our era.

As a reporter and editor of The New York Times, I've had a rare glimpse of the Earth in my times and it gave me an irrepressible urge to record the journey.

Enjoy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679448241
• ISBN 13: 9780679448242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 556