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"MANY THANKS, Mr. President."
From the woman who have reported on every president from Kennedy to Clinton comes a privileged glimpse in to the White House -- and a telling record of the ever-changing relationship between your presidency and the press.
Helen Thomas wanted to be considered a reporter from her earliest years. She turned a copy-aide job at the Washington Daily News into a robust and successful career spanning thirty-seven years and eight U.S. presidents. Assigned to the White House press corps in 1961. Thomas was the first woman to close a press conference with "Many thanks. Mr. President." She was also the first female president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member, later president, of the Gridiron Club.
In this revealing memoir, which includes a huge selection of anecdotes, observations, and personal details. Thomas looks back over a career spent with presidents at home and abroad, on the floor and in the environment. Providing a unique view of days gone by four decades of presidential history. Front Row at the White House offers a seasoned study of the partnership between the chief executive officer and the press -- a relationship that may also be uneasy, sometimes playful, yet always integral to the democratic process.
