Master Jones Goes to Washington: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth - Rilegato

Brown, Hugh

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ISBN 10: 1410700917 ISBN 13: 9781410700919

Casa editrice: Authorhouse, 2002

Riassunto

Master Jones Goes to Washington is a coming-of-age adventure story of a Florida high school student who is appointed to be a Page in the United States House of Representatives for October 1968. Unlike any other book of its kind, Master Jones gives the reader a humorous and unfiltered view of what really happens in Congress and a stark portrait of the daily duties and hedonistic pursuits of the Pages that work there, as seen through the eyes of Page Chuck Jones.One of the most turbulent periods in American history, the nation is reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. The Vietnam War and the Civil Rights and Student Protest Movements have created chasms that divide the nation. The players include two future Presidents of the United States, a Supreme Court Justice, and Congressional leaders. Scenes include radical student activists Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis testifying before a Congressional investigation into the riots at the Democratic National Convention that summer in Chicago. The reader is taken on a fun-filled journey that chronicles the political and historical events that shaped the sixties and defined a generation that would come to lead our nation and the world.

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L'autore:

Hugh Brown is a graduate of Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida and served as a Page in the United States House of Representatives in October, 1968. He received President's and Regents' Scholarships to Jacksonville University, where he graduated Cum Laude with degrees in History and Political Science. In 1981-82 he served as host of the television program 'Watchdog', a local public affairs program in Jacksonville.As a member of the Jacksonville and Orlando Junior Chambers of Commerce, Hugh won numerous state and national awards in writing and public relations as Vice President of the Orlando Jaycees, the nation's largest chapter. He now lives in Orlando, where he has managed political campaigns and organized charitable fundraisers.

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• Editore: Authorhouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1410700917
• ISBN 13: 9781410700919
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 296