Lou Cannon

Louis Cannon (born 1933) is an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer. He was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s^[1] and later senior White House correspondent of the Washington Post during the Ronald Reagan administration.^[2] He is a prolific biographer of US President Ronald Reagan and has written five books about him.

Cannon is currently a columnist and editorial advisor to State Net Capitol Journal, a weekly publication focused on state legislation and politics.

See also

• Santa Barbara News-Press controversy

References

Bibliography

• Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey, (New York: Doubleday,1969) LCCN 78-87099
• The McCloskey Challenge, (1972)
• Reporting: An Inside View, (1977)
• Reagan, (1982)
• President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, (1991)
• Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD, (1998)
• Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum, (2001)
• Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power, (2003)

External links

• Lou Cannon at the Notable Names Database
• Lou Cannon at Boeing
• Lou Cannon at All American Speakers, LLC
• Part One of Booknotes interview with Cannon on President Reagan: A Role of a Lifetime, May 12, 1991.
  • Part Two of interview, May 19, 1991