The Times of My Life

by Max Frankel

Book by Frankel, Max

Genres: Journalism, Memoir, Nonfiction, History, Autobiography

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Max Frankel was an American journalist who was executive editor of The New York Times from 1986 to 1994.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

In reality, 3.5 stars. More enjoyable than I might have imagined. Frankel, no surprise, is an excellent writer, and his story of flight from Hitler and Stalin to success in America is great stuff. Best of all, he covers lots of territory without getting too detailed about arcane events. Drawback (minor): three self-justifying chapters about how he dealt with the challenges (problems? issues?) of adding gays, blacks, and women to the NY Times workforce.

Very interesting insights on Khruschev, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, and others. Liberal without being unbalanced. Critical when necessary, but in a civilized and restrained manner. Nice mix of personal with the historic. Heck, maybe it's 4 stars after all!

[Friedenbergmichael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautifully written biography detailing his escape from Nazi Germany and his life in journalism at the New York Times. I highly recommend this book.

[Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. A very enjoyable read of my own history along with a newspaper publishing story.

[Pabloslist]

Frankel's NY Times life in 60s-90s, from reporter to Exec Ed. Off-record encounters with history makers

[Mary Diegert]

I have to confess that I didn't finish this book - I liked it but I lost track of it. I may try again later. I read about his early years and his and his mother's harrowing escape from Nazi Europe, leaving his father behind, but I didn't get to the years of his success at the Times.