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reads like a personal diary of a remarkable autobiographical journey.
Gannon wrote for This Wall Street Journal for 17 years, and was editor of The Des Moines Register for 10. years and Washington Bureau Chief for The Detroit News for six years. “A Life in Print” ranges in subject matter from Gannon’s boyhood in Minneapolis through his years covering economics, politics, and presidents in Washington, DC. Along the way there are personal triumphs, including Pulitzer Prizes won by The Des Moines Register while he was editor, and tragedies, including the death of his 2-year-old son, which give this book its poignant sense of a life fully lived.
Though most of Gannon’s writing as a journalist involved covering business, politics, and national issues, the emphasis in
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