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James Reston, Jr.

James Reston, Jr.
James Reston, Jr. was an assistant to Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall before serving in the US Army from 1965 to 1968. He is the bestselling author of seventeen books—including The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews, which helped inspire the film Frost/Nixon (2008)—three plays, and numerous articles in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times Magazine. He won the Prix Italia and Dupont-Columbus Award for his NPR radio documentary, Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown. He lives with his wife in Chevy Chase, Maryland.


When Maya Lin Got a B+ Despite Winning the Vietnam Memorial Design

The Architecture Wunderkind Had a Difficult Relationship with Her Professor
October 20, 2017  By James Reston, Jr.
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