The Press and the Presidency; From George Washington to Ronald Reagan
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, 583, [1] pages. Footnotes. Sources. Index. John Tebbel (1912-2004) was an American journalist, editor, educator and media historian. Among other achievements he is know for his A History of Book Publishing in the United States, a 20-year effort published in four volumes from 1972 to 1980. In 1935 and began his career as a writer and newspaperman, serving as city editor for the Isabella County, Michigan, Times-News. He wrote for Newsweek magazine and worked as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. In 1941 he became managing editor of the American Mercury. Two years later, he joined the Sunday staff of the New York Times, became an associate editor of the publishing firm E. P. Dutton & Co., and acted as an associate in journalism at Columbia. He served as chairman of the Journalism Department at New York University, and in 1958 was named the first director of their Graduate Institute of Book Publishing. Tebbel was a regular contributor to the Saturday Review and other magazines. More