Book Review: Watergate journalist’s memoir is a warm and inviting read

Before he helped bring down Richard Nixon, reporter Carl Bernstein grew up in a school of hard knocks. His memoir is a treasure, says Lloyd Green

Reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose reporting of the Watergate case won a Pulitzer Prize, in the newsroom of ‘The Washington Post’ on May 7, 1973.

Few reporters are synonymous with their craft. Bob Woodward of the Washington Post is one, his former partner, Carl Bernstein, another. Together, they broke open the Watergate scandal, helped send a president’s minions to prison and made Richard Nixon the only man to resign the office. On the big screen, Robert Redford played Woodward. Bernstein got Dustin Hoffman.

These days, Bernstein is a CNN analyst and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Chasing History, his sixth book, is a warm and inviting read.