In Search of History: A Personal Adventure by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Theodore H. White is a landmark memoir from one of the great interpreters of 20th-century politics.

White traces his journey from a scholarship boy in Boston to war correspondent in China and Europe, and finally to insider observer of American power in Washington. Along the way he reports from battlefields and back rooms, witnessing the rise and fall of leaders while wrestling with the moral responsibilities of a journalist who helps shape public understanding of events.

Blending vivid scene-setting with sharp reflection, White reveals how history looks from the inside: chaotic, dangerous, and deeply human. His accounts of wartime China, postwar Europe, and the modern American presidency make this an essential volume for readers of political history, foreign policy, and serious narrative nonfiction.

This copy

• Edition: First edition, first printing (complete number line)
• Publisher: Harper & Row, 1978
• Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket
• Condition: Near fine in a near-fine jacket, now protected in a Brodart archival cover; clean pages and a tight, square binding

A highly presentable first printing of White’s classic memoir, ideal for collectors of political history, journalism, and modern American nonfiction.