The Last Debate - Hardcover

Lehrer, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0708958389 ISBN 13: 9780708958384

Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books, 1996

Synopsis

Reporter Tom Chapman has been sent to Colonial Williamsburg by his magazine to cover the one and only presidential debate. Lengthy negotiations between the two campaigns have finally produced a debate panel of four journalists. But when the panelists are given devastating anonymous reports about the Republican candidate's personal life, they know that using them could throw the election to the Democrats. In utter secrecy, a decision is made. By the time the debate is over, American politics and journalism have been changed forever. And Tom Chapman is hot on the trail of the biggest story of his career: the debate behind the last debate.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

of the presidential debate that changes the course of electoral politics (and the news business) forever--by Jim Lehrer, who has been a moderator of past presidential debates. The targets of this satire--religious fundamentalists, political handlers, self-important journalists, feral network programming heads--could not be more timely.

About the Author

Jim Lehrer began his career as a newspaper reporter, political columnist, and editor in Dallas, Texas. Since 1975, he has been a news anchor at PBS, where he is currently the anchor and executive director of "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Lehrer has won numerous awards for journalism, including most recently the 1999 National Humanities Medal from President Clinton. He is the author of White Widow, currently available in paperback from PublicAffairs, and many other novels, most recently The Special Prisoner (ISBN 0375503714). He lives with his wife, Kate, in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0708958389
• ISBN 13: 9780708958384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 485