The Washington post: The first 100 years

By Chalmers McGeagh Roberts

A fascinating story - the history of Washington and the federal government told through the story of one of the most influential newspapers every published. Beginning in 1877 with its founding by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395258545
• ISBN13: 9780395258545
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 495 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

GREAT!

This is a great book written by a great man. I should know I am his granddaughter. I am honest just like he was and I wouldn't say it was a good book unless it really was. I miss you grandpa, love Rachel!!

The OTHER national newspaper of record

This book is a history of the first 100 years of the newspaper, though much of it is a summary account of the major news events of the times. Founded by a southern Democrat (a white supremacist), the paper was second-rate until the 1930s when Eugene Meyer bought it at a bankruptcy sale. His son-in-law Philip Graham took over and then Graham's wife, Katherine, became publisher when Philip committed suicide. The paper took on a more liberal slant beginning in the 1950s, but didn't become a really dominating national force until the Pentagon Papers appeared and Watergate stars Woodward and Bernstein brought great attention to the paper. Roberts's account is interesting, especially as the paper evolved after WW II. Best read, I think, along with Katherine Graham's excellent autobiography PERSONAL HISTORY (1997).