The Year the Dream Died; Revisiting 1968 in America
New York: Warner Books, 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xiv, [2], 544 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by David Halberstam. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed by the author on fep. Jules Joseph Witcover (born July 16, 1927) is an American journalist, author, and columnist. Witcover is a veteran newspaperman of 50 years' standing, having written for The Baltimore Sun, the now-defunct Washington Star, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. Together with Jack Germond, Witcover co-wrote "Politics Today," a five-day-a-week syndicated column, for over 24 years. Witcover began working in Washington for Newhouse Newspapers in 1954. He was reportedly steps away from where Robert F. Kennedy was shot in 1968. He was also one of the reporters featured in the 1972 book on campaign journalism, The Boys on the Bus, and eventually came to be seen as a "journalistic institution," according to media critic Howard Kurtz. More