This is more a memoir than a formal autobiography, and its principal thrust is lehrers obsession with collecting artifacts of the nations bus transportation systems, including a 1946 flxible clipper. Publication date 1992 topics lehrer, james, editors, periodical editors publisher new york. He is also the author of three nonfiction books and four plays. The book a bus of my own is an autobiography about a man named jim lehrer.
Jan 23, 2020 jim lehrer, a longtime anchorman for pbs who appeared on the air for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2011, died thursday at 85, the news organization announced. May 19, 1934 january 23, 2020 was an american journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. The whole family, included jim, worked for the business until it went bankrupt after a year. He also worked as a newspaper reporter and moderated a number of presidential debates. Whether the subject is a hilarious pbs newshour neardisaster or a p. Jan 24, 2020 jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, died at his home in washington. Good things that came as a result of jim lehrers heart. Lehrer also deals with his nearfatal heart attack, and he offers anecdotal coverage of his journalistic career. He loves buses because when he was younger his dad owned a bus company. I just finished reading the book, a bus of my own an autobiography written by longtime pbs newsanchor, james jim lehrer. Jim lehrer has 30 books on goodreads with 5697 ratings. In 1970, on a steaming summer morning in dallas, i walked into a large room of the public tv station kera and met jim lehrer for the first time. James charles lehrer was an american journalist and the news anchor for the newshour with jim lehrer on pbs, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections.
My only complaint, and it is a minor one based on the price i paid, is that the book was not exactly in perfect, new condition as promised by the third party seller amazon provided. New york ap jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died. This undated image released by pbs shows jim lehrer of the newshour with. Tension city reflects on jim lehrers decades moderating. The first lifestyle change that lehrer had to create was eating healthily.
He authored numerous fiction and nonfiction books that. Now, i just wanted to share my favorite story from this book with you. Jim lehrer, american journalist and author, best known as an anchor of newshour, a nightly television news program airing on pbs. Jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died, pbs said thursday. Lehrer was the executive editor and a news anchor for the pbs newshour on pbs, known for his role as a debate moderator during u. A bus of my own has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Jim lehrer, cohost and later host of the nightly pbs newshour that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, pbs said thursday. Jim lehrer s new book tells the story from the unique frontrow seat. Oct 12, 2017 recently i have been reading jim lehrer s autobiography, a bus of my own.
The chapter i remember best from jim lehrers a bus of my own. A bus of my own book by jim lehrer 1 available editions. Lehrer was an author of nonfiction and fiction, drawing from his experiences and interests in history and politics. If you are a fan of jim lehrer, whether from his decades long news program on pbs, or his great works of fiction especially the oneeyed mack series, you should take the time to read this memoir. Pbs announced that pbs newshours jim lehrer died thursday, jan.
In this autobiography, it follows the author jim lehrers life. This nicely readable book is hardly the pinnacle of journalistic memoirs. Consummate newsman jim lehrer of pbs, presidential. Jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, died at his home in washington. Throughout the narrative lehrer describes his passion for intercity bus signs and memorabilia, particularly the 1946 flexible clipper bus with air scoop he pleasure drives on weekends. We both believed the american people were not as stupid as some of the folks publishing and programming for them believed, lehrer wrote in his 1992 memoir, a bus of my own. Jim lehrer, the legendary debate moderator and former anchor of the newshour television program, died thursday. Before his heart attack, lehrer had been eating almost all. First of all, we will look for a few extra hints for this entry. Reading a bus of my own is like taking a crosscountry bus trip with jim lehrer in the seat next to you, keeping you spellbound and amused all the way. I am to write about one of my favorite or most memorial parts. On december 11, 1983, jim lehrer had a heart attack. My favorite story in this book is in the very last chapter, when he finally fulfills his one, lifelong goal. Consummate newsman jim lehrer of pbs, presidential debate.
Aykman fernandez today this essay will cover my favorite chapter from a bus of my own. In my favorite chapter, his obsession with buses tells him to buy a bus. Lehrer was born in wichita, kansas, in 1934, the son of parents who ran a bus line. Many things about his lifestyle changed because of that. He then worked for more than forty years in public television and is currently the executive editor of pbs newshour. Known to television viewers as the nightly news anchor on pbs, jim lehrer has managed to find time to write more than a dozen novels, plus two memoirs and three plays. Contributing editor david stewart, retired director of international activities at cpb, profiled lehrer for a forthcoming book on the major programs of public tv. He authored numerous fiction and nonfiction books that drew upon his experience as a newsman, along with his interests in history and politics. Lehrers death was announced by his longtime network home, pbs. Born in wichita, kansas, in 1934, jim lehrer received an a. Jim lehrer lehrer at the 2007 texas book festival born james charles lehrer may 19, 1934 wichit. References have come from the book a bus of my own by jim lehrer. In addition to titling his memoir a bus of my own, he collected bus memorabilia from station signs to a real 1946 flxible clipper bus. Finally, we will solve this crossword puzzle clue and get the correct word.
Jun 09, 2014 jim lehrers autobiography a bus of my own is written in a light and conversational tone that is mildly entertaining. My wife, martha, and i were members of both sets of millions, and we. For lehrer, and for his friend and longtime partner robert macneil, broadcast journalism was a service, with public understanding of events and issues its primary goal. Jim lehrers autobiography a bus of my own is written in a light and conversational tone that is mildly entertaining. Jim lehrers new book tells the story from the unique frontrow seat. Jim lehrer was a broadcast journalist well known for hosting pbs newshour for more than 30 years. A novel of politics and journalism 1995, novel white widow 1997, novel purple dots. Jim lehrer books list of books by author jim lehrer. The book describes many events in lehrers life, including an interesting anecdote concerning his experience during the jfk assassination. Jim lehrer, a longtime anchorman for pbs who appeared on the air for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2011, died thursday. And we end tonight with a return to the subject of presidential campaign debates, as seen through the eyes of one of our own.
Jan 23, 2020 lehrer was born in wichita, kansas, in 1934, the son of parents who ran a bus line. Jan 23, 2020 new york ap jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died. James charles jim lehrer 19342020 find a grave memorial. Presidential debate between presidential nominees sen. Put together in this book makes them even more specialhelpful and delectable. A novel of the kennedy assassination by jim lehrer. A oneeyed mack mystery 1994, novel the last debate.
Jim lehrer, the unflashy and never fashionable anchorman who delivered the news to public television audiences for 36 years before his retirement in 2011, has died. Nov 14, 2016 today this essay will cover my favorite chapter from a bus of my own. Jim lehrer, longtime pbs news anchor, is dead at 85 the. Jan 23, 2020 jim lehrer, the unflashy and never fashionable anchorman who delivered the news to public television audiences for 36 years before his retirement in 2011, has died. Jim lehrer, who died yesterday at age 85, had a million friends. New york jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates from 1988 to 2012, has died, pbs said. We have 1 possible solution for this clue in our database. James charles jim lehrer was an american journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Pbs newsman jim lehrer dead at 85 new york daily news. Jan 16, 2018 i just finished reading the book, a bus of my own an autobiography written by longtime pbs newsanchor, james jim lehrer. In his 1992 book a bus of my own, lehrer described the pairs views on broadcast news. Jim lehrer, longtime pbs news anchor, is dead at 85 the new.
With jim lehrer continued until 2009, when he reduced his appearances to two and then to one a week until his own retirement in 2011. I know that from my own experience as a regular reader of trembas essays in the good news paper. However, the book contains no central theme, instead it is simply a collection of many different. Recently i have been reading jim lehrers autobiography, a bus of my own. Still, it is a warm, humane, informative book by a very capable journalist. Today i am going to write an essay regarding jim lehrers autobiography a bus of my own. Three, he got the word out to people on how to prevent a heart attack. Harry lehrer worked for the santa fe trailways bus company and, after marine corps service in world war ii, created his own rival company, kansas central lines, with three buses. Lehrers father ran a kansas momandpop bus line that failedand so lehrer conceived a lifelong passion for bus memorabilia in all forms, and for buses like the flxible clipper, the aerocoach, and the acfbrillexotic mechanical beasts that plied the midwestern bus routes of the authors youth.
Sep, 2011 and we end tonight with a return to the subject of presidential campaign debates, as seen through the eyes of one of our own. Jan 23, 2020 jim lehrer, the legendary debate moderator and former anchor of the newshour television program, died thursday. Someday, lehrer mused, maybe it will go the other way and ill be the novelist who also does television. Some good things that came of jim lehrers heart attack. His work in journalism began as a newspaper reporter in texas. In 1970, on a steaming summer morning in dallas, i walked into a large room of the public. Im speaking of the ones he knew personally, not the untold millions who gratefully tuned in to him on the newshour at night to watch the news as it ought to be presentedsoberly, unassumingly, intelligently, but with an occasional flash of wit. Jan 23, 2020 new york jim lehrer, longtime host of the nightly pbs newshour whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates from 1988 to 2012, has died, pbs said.
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