Richard Rovere
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Richard Halworth Rovere (May 5, 1915 – November 23, 1979) was an American political journalist.[1]
Biography
Rovere was born in
In the early 1940s, he was an assistant editor at
He died of
Blurbs
From the Rhinebeck Gazette (Rhinebeck, New York), June 18, 1959:
The Gazette received an advanced copy of Richard H. Rovere's book, "Senator Joe McCarthy," from Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. The book is both an analytical biography and a memoir, as well as a commentary on the American political scene. Mr Rovere, who was often an eyewitness observer of the events he describes, lives at 108 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck.
Legacy
His papers from 1931 to 1968 are housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
Bibliography
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Books
- Howe & Hummel: Their True and Scandalous History (1947)
- The General and the President (with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 1951)
- Affairs of State: The Eisenhower Years (1956)
- Senator Joe McCarthy (1959)
- The American Establishment and Other Reports, Opinions, and Speculations (1962)
- The Goldwater Caper (1965)
- Waist Deep in the Big Muddy: Personal Reflections on 1968 (1968)
- Arrivals and Departures: A Journalist's Memoirs (1976)
- Final Reports: Personal Reflections on Politics and History in Our Time (1984, published posthumously, foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
Essays and reporting
- Rovere, Richard H. (February 4, 1950). "Wallace". The New Yorker. 25 (50): 27–32.[a]
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- Notes
- ^ Reminiscences of school days.
References
- ^ "R. H. Rovere, magazine columnist, author, dies. Political Affairs Columnist Was 64". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1979. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
Richard H. Rovere, 64, who wrote commentaries on American politics as a columnist for The New Yorker magazine, died Friday of emphysema in Vassar Brothers ...
Further reading
- Allen, Frederick Lewis (April 1944). Personal & Otherwise: Honorable Mixed Fry. Harper's, pgs. 488–490.
- Logan, Andy. (December 10, 1979). Obituary: Richard Rovere. The New Yorker, pgs. 218–219.
External links
- The American Establishment and Other Reports, Opinions, and Speculations from Archive.org
- The Goldwater Caper from Archive.org
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