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I was introduced to this at my public library. I checked out the audio version (read by Rooney) several times and finally bought the book in paperback.
I was introduced to this at my public library. I just got it for my Kindle and am enjoying reading it again. In life, Rooney could be a real ass at times (he recounts some early examples in MY WAR), but what a writer he was! His style is simple, yet beautiful-just read the beginning of the chapter, Land War. His description of landing at Utah Beach is some of the loveliest prose I've ever read.
He has published five previous books with PublicAffairs: My War, Sincerely, Andy Rooney, Common Nonsense, Years of Minutes, and Out of My Mind. He lives in New York.
War. Over six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Andy Rooney has proven a shrewd cultural analyst-unafraid to question the sometimes ridiculous, often surprising facts of our lives. Rooney’s great gift is telling it straight, without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor. He has published five previous books with PublicAffairs: My War, Sincerely, Andy Rooney, Common Nonsense, Years of Minutes, and Out of My Mind.
He reported from England, France and Germany. At the end of the war he spent a short. Andy Rooney, January 19, 1919 - Andrew Rooney was born January 14, 1919 in Albany, . He attended Colgate University until he was drafted into the Army in 1941. In February 1943, he was one of six correspondents who flew with the Eighth Air Force on the first American bombing raid over Germany.
Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney".
Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011; he died a month later at the age of 92. Andrew Aitken Rooney was born in Albany, New York, the son of Walter Scott Rooney (1888–1959) and Ellinor (Reynolds) Rooney (1886–1980)
On July 7, 1941, a young Colgate University football player named Andy Rooney reported for .
My War. New York: Times Books, 1995. Andy Rooney's most recent book-he's written eleven now-goes back a half century to World War II to recount his involvement and to reflect on the ordeal that engaged the world in a struggle to restore freedom to subjugated nations around the world. Like millions of others, he changed from self-assured college boy to manhood and, along the way, started on the road to success in journalism. Paradoxically, he had no love for the Army, but it was the Army which put him in the company of a band of journalists in uniform and taught him how to be a reporter.
My War - Andy Rooney. Interesting reading of Andy Rooney's memories, but they don't exactly match with memories of others or official records of events. He does tend to stick with his feelings and personal judgements without letting facts get in his way. mrdickieGo to mrdickie's profile. He reported from England, France and Germany. At the end of the war he spent a short time reporting from India and Burma.
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