Katharine Graham's Washington: A Huge, Rich Gathering of Articles, Memoirs, Humor, and History, Chosen by Mrs. Graham, That Brings to Life Her Beloved City - Brossura

Graham, Katharine

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ISBN 10: 1400030595 ISBN 13: 9781400030590

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2003

Riassunto

In honor of the nation's capital, a collection of more than one hundred articles, essays, and excerpts dealing with Washington, D.C., ranges from 1917 to 2001 and includes selections by Will Rogers, Joseph Alsop, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, Dean Acheson, Harry Truman, Art Buchwald, P. J. O'Rourke, Russell Baker, and others. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.

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Recensione

"Magnificent . . . warmly personable. . . . Exquisitely delicious. . . . With its treasures, rarities and surprises . . . there is nothing else like it." --The Washington Post Book World

"Lively, affectionate...rich with wise commentary and quirky inside scenes....Graham's fascination with the human side of the capital shines through." --Newsweek

"Packed with intriguing people and those who write about them.... Full of funny moments.... Washington in the eyes of Katharine Graham is...a city unlike any other in the world.... Her spirit permeates the pages." --Newsday

L'autore

Katharine Graham served as the publisher of the Washington Post from 1969 to 1979, piloting the paper through the crises of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, and as the president and chairman of the Washington Post Company for much longer. In 1998 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her best-selling autobiography, Personal History. She died at the age of eighty-four in July 2001.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1400030595
• ISBN 13: 9781400030590
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 832