James Reston (1909–1995)
Author of Deadline: A Memoir
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Please distinguish the father, James Reston, also known as James B. Reston and Scotty Reston (1909-1995), from his son, James Reston, Jr. (born 1941).
Works by James Reston
The knock at midnight 2 copies
I mastini di Dio 1 copy
Associated Works
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributor — 429 copies
Communist China: Revolutionary Reconstruction and International Confrontation 1949 to the Present (1967) — Contributor — 88 copies
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- Legal name
- Reston, James Barrett
- Other names
- Reston, Scotty
- Birthdate
- 1909-11-03
- Date of death
- 1995-12-06
- Gender
- male
- Birthplace
- Clydebank, Scotland
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Occupations
- journalist
- Relationships
- Reston, James, Jr. (son)
- Organizations
- New York Times
- Disambiguation notice
- Please distinguish the father, James Reston, also known as James B. Reston and Scotty Reston (1909-1995), from his son, James Reston, Jr. (born 1941).
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
- 8
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The columns contained in this 480-page volume are sensibly arranged in thirteen thematic chapters. Those who might conclude based on Reston's land of birth and his Calvinist upbringing that the best adjective to describe him might be "dour" are advised to start with Chapter 8, Spoofs, although the chapter with the widest interest might be the final one, a collection of columns about JFK.
Reston would have never claimed that his judgments were always correct, but he knew how to think and write clearly.
I found my copy on the $2 remainder table of a D.C. bookstore in the summer of 1975. Money well-spent.… (more)