Ben Bradlee
Ben BradleeA Good Life

A Good Life

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A Good Life

Newspapering and other Adventures

About Ben Bradlee

Father of Ben Bradlee Jr.Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradlee is vice-president at large of the Washington Post. Born in Boston, Bradlee attended Harvard College. In 1942, he became a communications officer for the Office of Naval Intelligence and fought in thirteen battles during World War II. Bradlee became executive editor of the Washington Post in 1968, a position he held until 1991.

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Chatty tale of Bradlee's upbringing, early adventures in the press business, friendship with JFK, the Pentagon papers, Watergate, and the Janet Cooke scandal at the Washington Post. A pretty lightweight, but honest and entertaining, memoir from a man who is as much a raconteur as an editor.

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