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Larry Kane's Philadelphia by Larry Kane (2000, Hardcover) SIGNED
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- Condition
- Special Attributes
- Signed
- ISBN
- 9781566398060
- Book Title
- Larry Kanes Philadelphia
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Media Studies, Personal Memoirs, Journalism
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Larry Kane, dean of Philadelphia news anchors, arrived in town to take a job as a radio broadcaster on September 12, 1966. Driving across the Walt Whitman Bridge he spotted several fires raging to the south. After paying his toll, he drove to a pay phone and called the fire emergency line. The dispatcher responded, "Whateryoutawkin about? Them there's oil refineries." Thirty-four years later, Larry knows all about the oil refineries. In fact, there's very little that goes on in Philadelphia that he hasn't reported on at one time or another. And it's all here in this easy-reading look at Philadelphia government and politics, and the trials of a journalist trying to cover them. For Larry Kane watchers, this book answers some nagging questions: Why did he leave for New York and why did he come back? What's the story behind the Bill Green lawsuit? Does he apply his own makeup? Larry is candid about his own mistakes, and about his successes. He talks about his insecurities and the strain of living life in the spotlight. But this is first and foremost a book about Philadelphia by a man who knows the city intimately. He has been close to more Philadelphia power figures than perhaps any other person. Here he talks personally about Ed Rendell, Arlen Specter, Vince Fumo, Lynne Abraham, John Cardinal Krol, Leon Sullivan, and, of course, the legendary Frank Rizzo. He has visited Jimmy Tayoun in jail, co-hosted a weekend radio marathon with John Lennon, and interviewed shirtless Lenny Dykstra, who insisted that the news team could just clip the microphone to his chest hair. Larry also has tales to tell about watching Martin Luther King Jr.'s killer being apprehended in Heathrow Airport, about barely escaping the riot at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, about traveling to earthquake-stricken Italy and to dissent-torn Israel. He has even been to Alaska to see the Pope. (Yes, he's also met him more conventionally at the Vatican.) These are the reminiscences of a master-storyteller, a man whose job has been to see the city accurately and report on it informatively. Whether you're more familiar with Richardson Dilworth or Boyz II Men, you will laugh, groan, and be moved by Larry Kane's view of Philadelphia.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Temple University Press
ISBN-10
1566398061
ISBN-13
9781566398060
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1689710
Product Key Features
Book Title
Larry Kanes Philadelphia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Media Studies, Personal Memoirs, Journalism
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F158.52.K36 2000
Reviews
"It's just what you'd expect from Larry Kane--an engaging and indispensable primer for anyone who wants to practice politics in Philadelphia."--Tom Ridge, Director of Homeland Security (and former Governor of Pennsylvania)
Table of Content
Foreword - Dan RatherPrologue: My Philadelphia, or I Am a Marked Car1. The Road to the Anchor Chair2. Success in the Seventies3. Crisis and Change4. Politics, Personality, and the Future of TVEpilogue: Before I Say Good NightThanksIndexPhotographs
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
00-028649
Dewey Decimal
974.8/11
Dewey Edition
21
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