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Roone Arledge's extraordinary career of more than a half century mirrors the history of the television industry he helped create. Roone is the vivid, intimate account of his own rise to fame and power as the head of both ABC Sports and ABC News as well as an up-close-and- personal story of his... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Howard Cosell: Add a description of this character.
- Barbara Walters
- Dan Burke
- Frank Reynolds
- David Brinkley
- Peter Jennings
- Diane
- Tom Murphy
- Sam
- Scherick
- Weiswasser
- Roone Arledge
- Jim Mckay
- Don
- Leonard Goldenson
- Steve
- Walter Cronkite
- Ted Koppel
- Irwin
- Bob
- Gorbachev
- Fred Pierce
- Harry
- Tom Moore
- Sias
- Carl
- Joanna
- Elton
- Jim Spence
- Jack
- Geraldo
- Yeltsin
- David Burke
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Washington Post
- Moscow
- United States
- Good Morning America
- Munich
- Iran
- Innsbruck
- White House
- Paris
- Texas
- Los Angeles
- Russia
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- Tehran
- San Francisco
- Mexico City
- Europe
- Jerusalem
- Long Island
- Montreal
- Kremlin
- Dallas
- Hollywood
- Germany
- California
- Westin
- Miami
- South Africa
- Houston
- Middle East
- Israel
- Columbia
- France
- Calgary
- Atlanta
- Austria
- England
- Johannesburg
- Georgia
- Grenoble
- Sarajevo
- St. Andrews
First Sentence edit
I wonder what he'd have made of me.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roone Arledge (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0060197331
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0060197331
Page Count: 432
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
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