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PBS: Behind the Screen
by Jarvik, Laurence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0761506683
- ISBN 13
- 9780761506683
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Forum, an Imprint of Prima Publishing, 1997. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling.. xxvii, 336 p. Notes. Index. Foreword by Van Gordon Sauter, formerly President of CBS News. Author Laurence Jarvik shows how the dream of a network run by educators and philanthropists dedicated to public service has given way to a highly political and controversial institution funded largely by major corporations. The book also looks at the shows and personalities that have become part of American popular culture, including Bill Moyers, Sesame Street, Masterpiece Theatre, Mr. Rogers, and Monty Python.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63734
- Title
- PBS: Behind the Screen
- Author
- Jarvik, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0761506683
- ISBN 13
- 9780761506683
- Publisher
- Forum, an Imprint of Prima Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Rocklin, Ca
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Bill Moyers, William Buckley, Julia Child, Children's Television WOrkshop, Robert Chitester, Alistair Cooke, Dershowitz, David Fanning, Milton Friedman, Fred Friendly, Galbraith, Austin Hoyt, Jim Lehrer, Robert McNeil, Monty Python, Sesame Street
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