A CBS News broadcast journalist traces his long and distinguished career and shares behind-the-scenes information about key historical and political events of the past four decades as based on new interviews. 60,000 first printing. Schieffer, veteran television journalist and moderator of Face the Nation , offers insights and a riveting behind-the-scene look at the news events--and the television news business itself--over the 40-plus years of his career. Schieffer recalls the moments that defined his career and shaped the nation, from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. Schieffer also recalls his career trajectory from a newspaper reporter in Fort Worth, Texas, to a failed bid to replace Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News, to his tenure on the respected Sunday-morning news show. He shares off-camera moments with some of the most powerful politicians and journalists in the nation, including his long friendship with fellow Texan Dan Rathers. In his career, Schieffer has covered wars, seen presidents come and go, witnessed the ups and downs of White House relations with the press, observed the rise and fall of the powerful and the petty, and covered Washington from the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Capitol Hill. This engaging memoir offers readers a closer perspective on both newsmakers and news reporters over the past four decades. Vanessa Bush Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "[Schieffer] is at his best when recounting stories from his early days in Texas...and the Vietnam War." -- World , March 22, 2003 ...offers a fascinating, and often unflattering, look at the inside workings of broadcast news... -- Austin American-Statesman , January 23, 2003 ...offers insight into [Shieffer's] reporting life that stretches from President John F. Kennedy to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. -- Buffalo News , January 24, 2003 These are the tales he tells his friends...witty, entertaining, and enlightening. -- USA TODAY (magazine) , July 2003 a panoramic work that summarizes one man s career [and] the technological and moral evolution of both media during the 20th century. -- Newark Star Ledger , February 18, 2003 Bob Schieffer has been at CBS News since 1969, where he is one of the very few correspondents to have covered all four major Washington beats: the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Capitol Hill. He is now CBS's chief Washington correspondent, and anchor and moderator of Face the Nation . Bob Schieffer is chief Washington correspondent for CBS News and, since 1991, the anchor and moderator of Face the Nation. This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV Bob Schieffer