Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

John Byrne Cooke's fascinating look at wartime reporting from the American Revolution to Iraq is now available in paperback. The press has consistently influenced public perception of wars, and has often affected their course. Cooke--son of news icon Alistair Cooke--reveals how the government has tried to suppress opposing opinion, and how the press has struggled to preserve the principles of the Founding Fathers. At a time when reporters are routinely being censored, arrested, kidnapped and even killed, this is a must-read exploration of freedom of the press in wartime.

History

Cooke, John Byrne

Americas

St. Martin's: Griffin

One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, he helped run the Janis Joplin show—and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar—and depart the stage too soon. In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker’s film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then on, Cooke was Joplin’s road manager amid a rotating cast of musicians and personnel, a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. Cooke was there when Janis made the difficult decision to leave Big Brother and form a new band. He was with her when the Kozmic Blues Band toured Europe in the spring of 1969, when they performed at Woodstock in August, and when Janis and Full Tilt Boogie took their famous Festival Express train trip across Canada. He accompanied Janis to her friend and mentor Ken Threadgill’s 70th birthday party, and was at her side when she attended her tenth high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from her legendary rise to her tragic last days. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it could. INCLUDES PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

On the Road with Janis Joplin

Humor & Entertainment

BERKLEY

One of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, John Byrne Cooke helped run the Janis Joplin show—and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock-and-roll superstar. In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D. A. Pennebaker’s film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he became road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and from then on, Cooke was a constant presence behind the scenes as the woman called Pearl took the world by storm. This intimate memoir spans the years he spent with Janis, from Monterey to Europe, Woodstock and Festival Express. Cooke tells the whole incredible story as only someone who lived it can. INCLUDES PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Penguin Publishing Group

South of the Border

Butch Cassidy combines forces with a silent movie company in 1919 to take a trek to the Mexican deserts, where they encounter a bloody revolution and create the ultimate romance of the Wild West--which includes the famed Pancho Villa

Literature & Fiction

United States

Bantam]

John Byrne Cooke, South of the Border

Genre Fiction

Domain

After a shocking crime threatens everything he has, clipper ship captain Jason Beck turns to a vigilante group in San Francisco during the Gold Rush and finds himself torn between the desire for revenge and a woman's love. Original.

Committee of Vigilance

BANTAM BOOKS

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The influential music artist's road manager retraces his eyewitness to Joplin's breakout performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, pivotal career decisions, appearance at Woodstock, attendance at her high-school reunion and tragic final days. 1

On The Road With Janis Joplin (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Turtleback Books

In the late-nineteenth-century American West conflict between beleaguered Indians and white settlers and ranchers draws all into brutal warfare, including a former army scout, a young advocate of Indian rights, a white man raised by the Cheyenne, and a legendary mountain man

The Snowblind Moon

Simon&Schuster

On a remote cattle ranch in a peaceful Wyoming valley, in the hushed villages of beleaguered Indian tribes, among the government troops advancing through the bitter winter landscape, the time of the Snowblind Moon heralds the beginning of an apocalyptic clash between the Indians and the whites. And caught up in the tragedy are the men and women of the West, passionately committed to peace, seemingly helpless to prevent tragedy: Chris Hardeman, former army scout haunted by his part in an Indian massacre; Lisa Putnam, young, independent owner of a ranch; Bat Putman, legendary mountain man; Johnny Smoker, a white boy, raised by the Cheyenne; Amanda Spencer, a circus performer who falls in love with Johnny; and Sun Horse, a Sioux chieftan struggling to reconcile peace with freedom and dignity.

Tor Books

In the late nineteenth-century West, conflict between beleaguered Indians and white settlers and ranchers draws all into an apocalyptic clash--including a young advocate of Indian rights, a former army scout, a Sioux chief, and a young white man raised by the Cheyenne

Between the Worlds: Snowblind Moon, Part 1 (Dreams)

Contemporary

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Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

On the Road with Janis Joplin

On the Road with Janis Joplin

South of the Border

South of the Border

Committee of Vigilance

On The Road With Janis Joplin (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

The Snowblind Moon

The Snowblind Moon

Between the Worlds: Snowblind Moon, Part 1 (Dreams)