Somebody's Gotta Tell It: The Upbeat Memoir of a Working-Class Journalist

By Jack Newfield

Book Overview

Jack Newfield has covered it all: he has documented he unfolding drama of the 1960s; followed the boxing careers of Ali and Tyson; taken on city hall; and kept his integrity intact in the rough world of tabloid politics. Somebody's Gotta Tell It is the clear-eyed memoir of a journalist whose love for his country, and passion for his profession, has never wavered.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312269005
• ISBN13: 9780312269005
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful and moving!

This is a very evocative and entertaining autobiography that vividly recreats newfield's childhood and coming of age as a working class radical journalist and student activist in the 60s. Newfield seemed to know everyone who was anyone in the 60s and was was closely involved in the creation of SDS. Newfield also provides us great stories about the four things he loves most and writes about best: baseball, boxing, jazz and -- of course -- New York CIty. A lovely book, full of Runyonesque character.