Walking on the Edge of the World
- ISBN-10
- 0395483115
- ISBN-13
- 9780395483114
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 388
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- George Leonard
Description
Recapitulates the tumult, idealism, and passion of the 1960s as the author retraces his career as a reporter for "Look" magazine, acknowledging the tremendous formative influences that the era had on him.
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