HISTORY ON THE RUN: THE TRENCHCOAT MEMOIRS OF A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. Nash, Knowlton. Toronto, McClelland and Siewan, c1984. 349pp, cloth, $19.95, ISBN 0-7710-6700-3. CIP Grades 12 and up Reviewed by John Mitchell Volume 13 Number 2 1985 March What a surprise! Most people think of Knowlton Nash as a rather bland TV anchorman on the "National." Actually, he has lived a most interesting life. This book focuses on his time spent as foreign correspondent and freelance reporter in Washington, between 1951 and 1969. It is filled with personal anecdotes, based on interviews and encounters with such people as Dwight D. Elsenhower, John and Robert Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Che Guevara, Lester Pearson, John Diefenbaker, Ronald Reagan, and George Lincoln Rockwell, among others. In addition, the author gives on-the-scene accounts of many of the major events of this time period, including the Vietnam war, the civil rights marches, the riots in Newark and Detroit, and the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Nash writes extremely well. His prose is crisp and precise. Yet the descriptive passages, in particular the John F. Kennedy funeral procession, evoke old memories and emotions in vivid detail. This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in a first-hand account of the political and social events of the 1950s and 1960s. John Mitchell, Centennial C. V.I., Guelph, Ont.