Anna Hastings: The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman - Hardcover

Drury, Allen

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9780688032210: Anna Hastings: The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman

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ISBN 10: 0688032214 ISBN 13: 9780688032210

Publisher: William Morrow, 1977

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Anna Kowalczek comes to Washington D.C. for her first journalism job just as the United States is getting into World War II. She becomes friends with three other novice journalists, all of whom eventually become successful. Anna is not satisfied, however, she wants to start her own paper. To this end she marries Gordon Hastings, a rich senator from Texas. Using his money she begins building a communications empire. She persuades her friends to join her and over the years becomes an important force in the newspaper business. In the process, however, she loses her family and lets down her friends. "Anna Hastings" is the story of the rise of a driven woman to a position of power and an examination of the costs involved in getting there.

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About the Author:

Allen Drury is a master of political fiction, #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner, best known for the landmark novel ADVISE AND CONSENT. A 1939 graduate of Stanford University, Allen Drury wrote for and became editor of two local California newspapers. While visiting Washington, DC, in 1943 he was hired by the United Press (UPI) and covered the Senate during the latter half of World War II. After the war he wrote for other prominent publications before joining the New York Times' Washington Bureau, where he worked through most of the 1950s. After the success of ADVISE AND CONSENT, he left journalism to write full time. He published twenty novels and five works of non-fiction, many of them best sellers. WordFire Press will be reissuing the majority of his works.

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