{"product_id":"front-row-at-the-white-house-my-life-and-times-9780684868097","title":"Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Thank You, Mr. President.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the woman who has reported on every president from Kennedy to Clinton comes a privileged glimpse into the White House -- and a telling record of the ever-changing relationship between the presidency and the press. \u003cbr\u003e Helen Thomas wanted to be a reporter from her earliest years. She turned a copy-aide job at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e into a powerful and successful career spanning thirty-seven years and eight U.S. presidents. Assigned to the White House press corps in 1961. Thomas was the first woman to close a press conference with \"Thank you. Mr. President.\" She was also the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member, later president, of the Gridiron Club. \u003cbr\u003e In this revealing memoir, which includes hundreds of anecdotes, observations, and personal details. Thomas looks back on a career spent with presidents at home and abroad, on the ground and in the air. Providing a unique view of the past four decades of presidential history. \u003ci\u003eFront Row at the White House\u003c\/i\u003e offers a seasoned study of the relationship between the chief executive officer and the press -- a relationship that is sometimes uneasy, sometimes playful, yet always integral to the democratic process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684868097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e43139 \/ Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas, Helen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eHelen Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the dean of the White House press corps. The recipient of more than forty honorary degrees, she was honored in 1998 with the inaugural Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award, established by the White House Correspondents' Association. The author of \u003ci\u003eThanks for the Memories, Mr. President; Front Row at the White House;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDateline: White House, \u003c\/i\u003e she lives in Washington, D.C., where she writes a syndicated column for \u003ci\u003eHearst.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40822448783475,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5fb577a9-fa92-4fbf-9840-239e02c77f38.jpg?v=1683725089","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/front-row-at-the-white-house-my-life-and-times-9780684868097","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}