It's okay. In there somewhere is the drive and hunger that makes Mr. Scott a reporter. Mostly it's just a summary of cases.

This is a fascinating book about Scott's many years of reporting. He tells how he met and liked JFK, Marilyn Monroe and many other famous people. He also includes harrowing stories of injustice, for example, his account of Isidore Zimmerman, who came within two hours of dying in the electric chair for a crime which he didn't commit and spent many years in jail and the civil rights protests of Martin Luther King. He writes about spending Christmases with the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.Scott knows how to tell a good story and even bring a tear to the eye!

Scott includes articles which will help aspiring journalists, for example, about doing interviews and other important aspects of the profession. This part of the book may not be as interesting for the general reader.

I received this free ebook from Net Galley in return for an honest review.

I grew up watching Marvin Scott on WPIX. This book was like a trip down memory lane. I remember some of the interviews that he speaks about in this outstanding book. This book was an awesome read. To read about Mr. Scott's interactions with Dr. King, his writings on 9/11., interviewing Jerry Lewis and bringing Christmas to the troops was very heartwarming. The stories are short but convey enough to give you a feel of when the story was original reported. He gives background that is very precise and to the point. I enjoyed this book spo much until I was sad when it ended. I hope Mr. Scott will do a second and third book. I for one will read them. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.