Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee - Jeff Himmelman - 3 stars

[Kelly]

Ben Bradlee was the executive editor of the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. He was a charismatic person who became famous in his own right by how he led the newspaper. The book tells of Bradlee’s interactions with the newspaper’s owner Katharine Graham, his friendship with Jack Kennedy, Watergate and his personal life. Years later it is still a interesting story

The book does humanize Bradlee by including some of the controversial times at the Washington Post and it shows that his personal life was not perfect. The author also includes information from documents and conversations that have created some friction between Himmelman and Bradlee’s family and also with writer Bob Woodward. Overall it gives a good picture of Bradlee along with his accomplishments and the added letters written by Bradlee through his tenure at the paper are a good way to show his personality.

[Joanne]

Nice review -He and K. Graham always intrigued me.

[KateNZ]

Glad it was good! I haven’t got around to seeing the movie ‘The Post’ yet but the book would give a lot more perspective

[[deleted user]]

Good review. KateNZ The Post was good.

[Kelly]

Joanne wrote: "Nice review -He and K. Graham always intrigued me."

I agree about K. Graham.

[Theresa]

Ooh, did not know about this book! One of the best books I've ever read was Katherine Graham's memoir Personal History - a total page turner and the source material for much of the movie The Post. This sounds so interesting as a companion...and thanks for your great review.

[Kelly]

Theresa wrote: "Ooh, did not know about this book! One of the best books I've ever read was Katherine Graham's memoir Personal History - a total page turner and the source material for much of the mov..."

I knew Katherine Graham had written a good. I think I will need to put in on my list to read!