Yours in Truth

“The absolute best nonfiction book of the year … a work of journalistic art … history straight and true … should be required reading at the Columbia School of Journalism.”—Chicago Tribune

“The best Bradlee biography we’re likely to get.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Surprising and compulsively readable … Himmelman’s chapters on Watergate are especially masterful, untangling that web in a fresh and comprehensible way.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“A sparkling, revealing, definitely controversial, and very readable book … highly amusing, particularly for any connoisseur of juicy modern American politics.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“The bold brilliance of Jeff Himmelman’s Yours in Truth comes through because it is not simply a biography of a quixotic figure who changed the timbre of American newspapers. Rather, it is also a riveting history lesson with fastidiously researched facts intertwined with first-person observations.”—Charleston Post and Courier

“Embedded in Yours in Truth there are fundamental insights about journalism and the role of a dynamic press.”—The Atlantic

“The biographer either sells his soul for the cozy dinners or bails for the truth. Himmelman chose the latter.”—The Huffington Post

“[A] riveting new life of one of America’s greatest editors.”—The Daily Beast

Jeff Himmelman is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, where he has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award; his writing has also appeared in New York, GQ, Washingtonian, and The Washington Post. His work with a team of reporters at the Post helped the paper secure the national reporting Pulitzer Prize for its post-9⁄11 coverage. He is also a professional musician who writes, records, and performs under the name Down Dexter. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and three daughters.

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