Thanks for Listening: High Adventures in Journalism and Diplomacy - Softcover
A remarkable memoir of one woman's adventures as a World War II military wife, a postwar observer of day to day developments at NATO and SHAPE in Paris, and as a nascent radio host in suburban Washington, DC. The author's career continued to develop, as a co-host of the Voice of America Breakfast Show, and as radio coach to First Lady Patricia Nixon. Ms. Lynch's years of service to her country culminated with an ambassadorship to Matagascar and the Comoros under President Ronald Reagan.
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"Life changed for me one August day that summer of 1941," notes Patricia Gates Lynch in her first chapter, "though I didn't realize it until much later." She was to embark on a career that took her from Army bases in the U. S. and Europe as a military wife, to the postwar U. S. radio arena, to worldwide prominence as a host on the Voice of America "Breakfast Show," to an assignment with First Lady Patricia Nixon, and finally, to an Ambassadorship under President Ronald Reagan to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. Patricia Lawrence Gates married "Ink" Gates, a West Point Graduate, not long after America entered World War II. Her husband was assigned to the China-India-Burma theater, then worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the couple resided. Through this assignment, she came to know personally many of the prime movers of America's early nuclear program. After the War, Pat Gates moved to Western Europe with her husband, who worked in Munich, then in Paris for SHAPE (Strategic Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe.) Her radio experience began on her return to the D.C. area in the mid-fifties, with a daytime program at a small suburban Virginia station. Guests from all walks of life appeared on her shows, from Maurice Chevalier, to Bob Hope, to Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Her years of public service culminated with a White House assignment and an ambassadorship to Madagascar under President Ronald Regan. Pat Gates Lynch's book provides a spectacular overview of the second half of the twentieth century through the eyes of a remarkable woman who represented the United States as a journalist and diplomat during historic times. Foreword by Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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A young Connecticut girl becomes a teenaged bride of a dashing West Point graduate and her tale begins. Pat Gates Lynch's life took her from towns near military camps to residing in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during final development efforts on the Manhattan Project. She began an early example of what has become the radio talk show format in suburban northern Virginia, then went on to new heights as a co-host on Voice of America international programing. Later, she served as an ambassador to Madagascar. Ms. Lynch lives in suburban Virginia.
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- PublisherCountinghouse Pr Inc
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0978619137
- ISBN 13 9780978619138
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages358
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Thanks for Listening: High Adventures in Journalism and Diplomacy
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Countinghouse Press, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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ISBN 13: 9780978619138
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A charming memoir by an interesting and modest woman, who often found herself in on the action at key moments in our country's history. SIGNED by the author with brief inscripton dated 2008 on the title page. Softcover, xviii, 390 pp., photos. Foreward by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Minimal wear, clean text, tight binding. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 020138
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