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xv[1], xii, 364, [6] pages. Illustrations. Index. Underlining noted. The dust jacket is worn, torn, soiled, chipped, and taped--barely qualifying for poor condition. This is a truly unique association copy. Fep has two notable inscriptions. The top one reads This is the first copy distributed by Knopf. It is the joint property of Lois A. and Edward Bliss, April 10, 1967. The second reads Hand delivered to me by Ashbel Green, managing editor, Alfred A. Knopf E.B. [Edward Bliss]. Edward Bliss was a television writer, producer, and editor who worked with such famous broadcasters as Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. He spent a quarter-century at the network that was then the dominant force in broadcast journalism. Bliss wrote several well-received books and taught journalism. Bliss was considered one of the best of all news scriptwriters. During his 25 years at CBS radio and television, Bliss wrote and edited the news summary for Edward R. Murrow's broadcasts, worked on the investigative TV series CBS Reports with Fred W. Friendly, and was executive assistant to CBS News president Richard S. Salant. In 1963, Bliss became Walter Cronkite's news editor when the CBS Evening News became TV's first half-hour news broadcast. Bliss was news editor on the broadcast that announced the death of President Kennedy; he had been monitoring the reports and gave Cronkite the news when he returned from lunch. After Murrow died his widow, Janet Huntington Brewster, asked Bliss to edit a collection of his work. The book, In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938 1961. Ashbel Green (March 15, 1928 September 18, 2012) was an American book editor. He was a senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf. He oversaw the publication of over 500 books including books by of Gabriel García Márquez and Walter Cronkite's autobiography. He was "one of the finest history editors in all of American history…[and] helped make the Knopf imprint the most distinguished in the United States." Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys. A pioneer of radio and television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of reports on his television program See It Now which helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Fellow journalists Eric Sevareid, Ed Bliss, Bill Downs, Dan Rather, and Alexander Kendrick consider Murrow one of journalism's greatest figures. Murrow's life has been dramatized in several films, including Good Night, and Good Luck, which takes its name from the signature sign-off phrase Murrow used to end many of his wartime broadcasts. Murrow joined CBS as director of talks and education in 1935 and remained with the network for his entire career. CBS did not have news staff when Murrow joined, save for announcer Bob Trout. Murrow's job was to line up newsmakers who would appear on the network to talk about the issues of the day. Trout gave Murrow tips on how to communicate effectively on radio. Murrow's reports, especially during the Blitz, began with what became his signature opening, "This is London," Murrow achieved celebrity status as a result of his war reports. They led to his second famous catchphrase, at the end of 1940, with every night's German bombing raid, Londoners who might not necessarily see each other the next morning often closed their conversations with "good night, and good luck. On March 9, 1954, Murrow, Friendly, and their news team produced a half-hour See It Now special titled "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy". The broadcast contributed to a nationwide backlash against McCarthy and is seen as a turning point in the history of television. Murrow resigne.
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