Wheeling and Dealing: Confessions of a Capitol Hill Operator

Bobby Baker; Larry L. King

ISBN 10: 0393009726 / ISBN 13: 9780393009729

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 1980

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Codice articolo BSM.10B4N

Riassunto:

Bobby Baker was a small-town southern boy when he arrived in Washington in 1943, but he had a sure sense of political clout. He soon knew which senator wanted what done—almost before the senator knew himself. Senator Robert Kerr was the first instrument of Bobby Baker’s rise. He found an even more powerful sponsor in Lyndon Johnson, and he rose with Johnson until no doors were closed to him. He tells here a unique insider’s story of the always fascinating ways of power in the Congress of the United States.

Product Description: What historians may perhaps find most useful in [Baker s] book is his characterization of the two men he served most intimately Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kerr. The portrait of Mr. Johnson is pungent, complete with a plausible reconstruction of the great Texan s earthy table talk. Arthur Schlesinger, New York Times Book Review

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Titolo: Wheeling and Dealing: Confessions of a ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 1980
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good