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                                  Books about UPI

                                  Source books about the history of United Press International and related to its coverage of events.
                                  Recommended additions to this bibilography are welcomed. Submit your suggestions using the form at the bottom of the page.

                                  Baillie, Hugh. High Tension The Recollections of Hugh Baillie
                                  Bartholomew, Frank. H. Bart Memoirs of Frank H. Bartholomew , President United Press,1955-58, United Press International,1958-62. 1983.
                                  Buckley, Priscilla L.  String of Pearls: On the News Beat in New York and Paris
                                  Cohen, Ronald E. and Gordon, Gregory. Down to the Wire: UPI's Fight for Survival. 1989. Buy: Down to the Wire: Upi's Fight for Survival
                                  Cronkite, Walter. A Reporter's Life
                                  Daniloff, Nicholas. Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life As a Cold War Correspondent 
                                  Editors of United Press International Broadcast Services. United Press International Broadcast Stylebook.
                                  Gaver, Jack. Season In, Season Out: A Diary of the 1965-1966 Broadway Theater by the United Press International Drama Critic.1966.
                                  Halstead, Dirck.  Moments in Time: Photos and Stories from One of America's Top Photojournalists
                                  Harnett, Richard M. and Ferguson, Billy G. Ferguson. Unipress: United Press International : Covering the 20th Century. 2003. Buy: Unipress: United Press International : Covering the 20th Century
                                  Harnett, Richard M. Wirespeak
                                  Haynes, Gary. Picture This!: Classic photos and the untold story of United Press International Newspictures. Forward by Walter Cronkite. Bulfinch Press, New York/Boston. 2006.
                                  Hlavacek, John. United Press Invades India: Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent, 1944-1952Hlavacek, John and Pegge. Freelancing in Paradise: The Story of Two American Reporters Who Supported Their Family by Covering Turbulent Times in the Caribbean, 1958-1963 
                                  Hlavacek, John. Letters Home: An American in China, 1939 to 1944 
                                  Hlavacek (Parker), Pegge.  Diapers on a Dateline: The Adventures of a United Press Family in India During the 1950s
                                  Hoberecht, Earnest.  Asia is my beat
                                  Kilgore, Maggie.  Remember to Laugh: Writing My Way Around the World
                                  Kuettner, Al. March To A Promised Land: The Civil Rights Files of a White Reporter 1952-1968 (Capital Currents)
                                  LaPolla, Paul. The News That Made The Year 1966 (The UPI-Random House News Annual)
                                  Miller, Webb.  I found no peace : the journal of a foreign correspondent
                                  Morris, Joe Alex. Deadline Every Minute: The Story of the United Press
                                  Scripps, E.W.  Damned Old Crank - A Self Portrait Of E. W. Scripps Drawn From His Unpublished Writings
                                  Smith, Howard K.  Events Leading Up to My Death: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Reporter
                                  Smith, Merriman. Thank You Mr. President: A White House Notebook
                                  Smith, Merriman. The Good New Days
                                  Smith, Merriman. Meet Mister Eisenhower
                                  Smith, Merriman.   Merriman Smith's Book of Presidents: A White House Memoir
                                  Smith, Merriman.  The murder of the young President
                                  Smith, Merriman. A president is many men
                                  Smith, Merriman. A President's odyssey
                                  Tartarian, Roger Day of Mourning, Day of Shame: And Other Essays
                                  Thomas, Helen. Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times
                                  Tremaine, Frank and Kay.  The Attack on Pearl Harbor: By Two Who Were There
                                  United Press International. Assassination: Robert F Kennedy, 1925-1968 
                                  United Press International and American Heritage. Churchill, The Life Triumphant 
                                  United Press International and American Heritage. Four Days the Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy 
                                  United Press International and World Almanac. THE IMPEACHMENT REPORT a Guide to Congressional Proceedings in the Case of R.M. NixonWebb, Kate; Wood, Tracy, et al. War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters who Covered Vietnam
                                  Younger, Joan.  Girl Reporter, Wartime NY

                                  UPI-Related Websites

                                  The Downholders (also known as the Lowry site)The Dead Microphone Club
                                  United Press International Centennial Anniversary Website
                                  United Press International Wikipedia entry
                                  Rights information for United Press International Photographs
                                  Helen Thomas: Life After UPI

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