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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Schlesinger, Robert.     Subjects     Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Speechwriting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Speechwriters -- United States -- Interviews.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Schlesinger, Robert.       by title:      White House ghosts :...         MARC Display

White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters / Robert Schlesinger. by Schlesinger, Robert. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008. Subjects Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography.   Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Speechwriting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Speechwriters -- United States -- Interviews.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993. Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0811/2008003127-d.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0811/2008003127-s.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0811/2008003127-t.html ISBN:  9780743291699 : 0743291697 : Description:  viii, 581 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Contents:  Introduction: The coming of the "literary clerk" -- "Grace, take a law" -- "Missouri English" -- "Sometimes you sure get tired of all this clackety-clack" -- the age of Sorensen -- "Now that's what I call a news lead" -- "Concern for image must rank with concern for substance" -- "Go back and give me one speech, not two speeches" -- "Don't give any explanation. Just say I cancelled the damn speech" -- The musketeers -- "I'm not going to dance on the Berlin Wall" -- "No, no, no, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika". Requests:  0 Summary:  Evaluates the relationships between modern presidents and their speechwriters and offers insight into the agendas behind some of history's most famous addresses, in an account that traces the careers of such figures as Ted Sorensen, Peggy Noonan, and William Safire.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.099 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.099 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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