From the Book - First edition.
Pt. 1: The making of a reporter. Missouri boy ; Houston youth ; Learning a trade ; Making of a Unipresser
Pt. 2: The Second World War. Gearing up for Europe ; The Writing Sixty-Ninth ; Dean of the air war ; Gliding to V-E Day ; From the Nuremberg Trials to Russia
Pt. 3: Cold War broadcaster. Infancy of TV news ; Election night and UNIVAC ; Mr. CBS Utility Man ; The Huntley and Brinkley challenge ; Torch is passed ; New space frontier on CBS
Pt. 4: Anchorman. Anchorman of Camelot ; The Kennedy assassination ; Who's afraid of the Nielsen ratings? ; Paley's attempted smackdown ; Civil rights and Project Gemini ; What to do about Vietnam? ; The Tet Offensive
Pt. 5: Top Game. Calm and chaos of 1968 ; Mr. Moon Shot ; Avatar of Earth Day ; The Nixon-versus-CBS war ; Reportable truth in the age of Nixon ; Fan clubs, stalkers, and political good-byes ; A time to heal ; Live with Jimmy Carter
Pt. 6: The spokesperson. Retirement blues ; Struggling elder statesman ; Defiant liberal ; "The world's oldest reporter" ; The new millennium
Epilogue: Electronic Uncle Sam.
From the Large Print - Large print edition.
Pt. 1: The making of a reporter. Missouri boy
Pt. 2: The Second World War. Gearing up for Europe
From the Nuremberg Trials to Russia
Pt. 3: Cold War broadcaster. Infancy of TV news
Election night and UNIVAC
The Huntley and Brinkley challenge
New space frontier on CBS
Pt. 4: Anchorman. Anchorman of Camelot
The Kennedy assassination
Who's afraid of the Nielsen ratings?
Paley's attempted smackdown
Civil rights and Project Gemini
What to do about Vietnam?
Pt. 5: Top Game. Calm and chaos of 1968
Reportable truth in the age of Nixon
Fan clubs, stalkers, and political good-byes
Pt. 6: The spokesperson. Retirement blues
Struggling elder statesman
"The world's oldest reporter"
Epilogue: Electronic Uncle Sam.