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Molly Ivins [electronic resource] : a rebel life / Bill Minutaglio & W. Michael Smith.

by Minutaglio, Bill.

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New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8930D3CB-7C22-4708-9ED6-0BF581221AB1 This title is available online; click here to access

9780786746231 (electronic bk.)

0786746238 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (xv, 335 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill.

General Jim -- River Oaks -- Ghost -- Naturally backwards into journalism -- Young radicals -- Us against them -- Necessary humor -- The you know what -- "Molly Ivins can't say that, can she?" -- Molly, Inc. -- The kind of pressure -- You got to dance -- Dearly beloveds.

She was groomed for a gilded life in moneyed Houston, but Molly Ivins left the country club behind to become one of the most provocative, courageous, and influential journalists in American history. Presidents and senators called her for advice; her column ran in 400 newspapers; her books were bestsellers. But despite her fame, few people really knew her: what her background was, who influenced her, how her political views developed, or how many painful struggles she fought. This is a comprehensive, definitive narrative biography, based on intimate knowledge of Molly, interviews with her family, friends, and colleagues, and access to her personal papers. It is at once the saga of a powerful, pugnacious woman muscling her way to the top in a world dominated by men; a look behind the scenes of national media and politics; and a sobering account of the toll of addiction and cancer.--From publisher description.

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