Author: Tony Ulasewicz
Publisher: Macsam Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE EYE is the amazing story of one man's journey into history. From New York's Lower East Side to the White House this episodic memoir tells of the orbit traveled by Tony Ulasewicz, the Runyonesque ex-detective who retired from the NYPD to become President Nixon's private investigator, the first ever hired by a President of the United States. Tony "U" carried the badge of a New York City cop for twenty-seven years; twenty of those years as a detective with the Bureau of Special Service & Investigation (BOSSI), the intelligence unit of the NYPD which was known in Washington as the "little FBI" & the "little CIA." No other detective, real or imagined, has ever been involved, center stage or peripherally, in so many historical cases & coverups such as the kidnapping of Professor Jesus de Galindez of Columbia University who wrote a book condemning Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo; the conspiracy to blow up the Statue of Liberty by the Black Liberation Front; the effort of George Lincoln Rockwell & his American Nazi Party to march on New York & finally, Chappaquiddick & Watergate, the bookends of Tony's career as President Nixon's private eye.
The President's Private Eye
Author: Tony Ulasewicz
Publisher: Macsam Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE EYE is the amazing story of one man's journey into history. From New York's Lower East Side to the White House this episodic memoir tells of the orbit traveled by Tony Ulasewicz, the Runyonesque ex-detective who retired from the NYPD to become President Nixon's private investigator, the first ever hired by a President of the United States. Tony "U" carried the badge of a New York City cop for twenty-seven years; twenty of those years as a detective with the Bureau of Special Service & Investigation (BOSSI), the intelligence unit of the NYPD which was known in Washington as the "little FBI" & the "little CIA." No other detective, real or imagined, has ever been involved, center stage or peripherally, in so many historical cases & coverups such as the kidnapping of Professor Jesus de Galindez of Columbia University who wrote a book condemning Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo; the conspiracy to blow up the Statue of Liberty by the Black Liberation Front; the effort of George Lincoln Rockwell & his American Nazi Party to march on New York & finally, Chappaquiddick & Watergate, the bookends of Tony's career as President Nixon's private eye.
Publisher: Macsam Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE EYE is the amazing story of one man's journey into history. From New York's Lower East Side to the White House this episodic memoir tells of the orbit traveled by Tony Ulasewicz, the Runyonesque ex-detective who retired from the NYPD to become President Nixon's private investigator, the first ever hired by a President of the United States. Tony "U" carried the badge of a New York City cop for twenty-seven years; twenty of those years as a detective with the Bureau of Special Service & Investigation (BOSSI), the intelligence unit of the NYPD which was known in Washington as the "little FBI" & the "little CIA." No other detective, real or imagined, has ever been involved, center stage or peripherally, in so many historical cases & coverups such as the kidnapping of Professor Jesus de Galindez of Columbia University who wrote a book condemning Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo; the conspiracy to blow up the Statue of Liberty by the Black Liberation Front; the effort of George Lincoln Rockwell & his American Nazi Party to march on New York & finally, Chappaquiddick & Watergate, the bookends of Tony's career as President Nixon's private eye.
The President's Henchman
Author: Joseph Flynn
Publisher: Variance LLC
ISBN: 193514202X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The author of "Digger" and "The Concrete Inquisition" presents this thriller featuring an ex-cop who solved the murder of the president's first husband and brought the killers to justice, and who himself becomes the first private eye to live in the White House.
Publisher: Variance LLC
ISBN: 193514202X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The author of "Digger" and "The Concrete Inquisition" presents this thriller featuring an ex-cop who solved the murder of the president's first husband and brought the killers to justice, and who himself becomes the first private eye to live in the White House.
Inside Camp David
Author: Michael Giorgione
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316509604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president's private retreat, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its inception. Never before have the gates of Camp David been opened to the public. Intensely private and completely secluded, the president's personal campground is situated deep in the woods, up miles of unmarked roads that are practically invisible to the untrained eye. Now, for the first time, we are allowed to travel along the mountain route and directly into the fascinating and intimate complex of rustic residential cabins, wildlife trails, and athletic courses that make up the presidential family room. For seventy-five years, Camp David has served as the president's private retreat. A home away from the hustle and bustle of Washington, this historic site is the ideal place for the First Family to relax, unwind, and, perhaps most important, escape from the incessant gaze of the media and the public. It has hosted decades of family gatherings for thirteen presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama, including holiday celebrations, reunions, and even a wedding. But more than just a weekend getaway, Camp David has also been the site of private meetings and high-level summits with foreign leaders to foster diplomacy. Former Camp David commander Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.), takes us deep into this enigmatic and revered sanctuary. Combining fascinating first-person anecdotes of the presidents and their families with storied history and interviews with commanders both past and present, he reveals the intimate connection felt by the First Families with this historic retreat.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316509604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The first-ever insider account of Camp David, the president's private retreat, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its inception. Never before have the gates of Camp David been opened to the public. Intensely private and completely secluded, the president's personal campground is situated deep in the woods, up miles of unmarked roads that are practically invisible to the untrained eye. Now, for the first time, we are allowed to travel along the mountain route and directly into the fascinating and intimate complex of rustic residential cabins, wildlife trails, and athletic courses that make up the presidential family room. For seventy-five years, Camp David has served as the president's private retreat. A home away from the hustle and bustle of Washington, this historic site is the ideal place for the First Family to relax, unwind, and, perhaps most important, escape from the incessant gaze of the media and the public. It has hosted decades of family gatherings for thirteen presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama, including holiday celebrations, reunions, and even a wedding. But more than just a weekend getaway, Camp David has also been the site of private meetings and high-level summits with foreign leaders to foster diplomacy. Former Camp David commander Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione, CEC, USN (Ret.), takes us deep into this enigmatic and revered sanctuary. Combining fascinating first-person anecdotes of the presidents and their families with storied history and interviews with commanders both past and present, he reveals the intimate connection felt by the First Families with this historic retreat.
Bettie English Private Eye Mysteries Volume 2
Author: Connor Whiteley
Publisher: CGD Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
3 addictive Private Eye Mysteries you don’t want to miss! BUY NOW! A Case Most Personal An Attack Close To Home. Police Corruption. A Case Most Personal. Bettie helps innocent people. Private Eye Bettie English sees her nephew stabbed. She rushes to help. Bettie investigates. If you enjoy gripping heart-wrecking private investigator mysteries, you need to read this! Scots, Trains and Private Eyes Amazing Scots. A Secret Train. Reader’s Favourite Private Eye. Private Eyes always work. Private Eye Bettie English holidays in Scotland. She meets MI5 Agent Carter. She accepts a dangerous job. A nation’s future depends on Bettie. If you enjoy suspenseful gripping private eye mysteries. You need to read this great book! The Federation Protects A Private Eye Convention. A Power Vacuum. A Poisoner On The Loose. Powerful people stepping down leads to danger. Private Eye Bettie English organises Private Eye Con. She hears her friends are stepping down. Bettie fears the fallout. More than she realises depends on Bettie. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries. You will love this one! BUY NOW!
Publisher: CGD Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
3 addictive Private Eye Mysteries you don’t want to miss! BUY NOW! A Case Most Personal An Attack Close To Home. Police Corruption. A Case Most Personal. Bettie helps innocent people. Private Eye Bettie English sees her nephew stabbed. She rushes to help. Bettie investigates. If you enjoy gripping heart-wrecking private investigator mysteries, you need to read this! Scots, Trains and Private Eyes Amazing Scots. A Secret Train. Reader’s Favourite Private Eye. Private Eyes always work. Private Eye Bettie English holidays in Scotland. She meets MI5 Agent Carter. She accepts a dangerous job. A nation’s future depends on Bettie. If you enjoy suspenseful gripping private eye mysteries. You need to read this great book! The Federation Protects A Private Eye Convention. A Power Vacuum. A Poisoner On The Loose. Powerful people stepping down leads to danger. Private Eye Bettie English organises Private Eye Con. She hears her friends are stepping down. Bettie fears the fallout. More than she realises depends on Bettie. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries. You will love this one! BUY NOW!
The Presidents We Imagine
Author: Jeff Smith
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299231836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In such popular television series as The West Wing and 24, in thrillers like Tom Clancy’s novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are “might-have-beens” like Philip Roth’s President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller’s mind. In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency’s ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation’s real politics. Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century—when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called “the regions of fiction”—to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world’s most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been “representing” presidents even as those presidents have represented them. “Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics.”—Paul S. Boyer, series editor “Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, The Beggar's Opera, Duck Soup, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, Philip Roth's Plot against America, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.”—CHOICE
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299231836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In such popular television series as The West Wing and 24, in thrillers like Tom Clancy’s novels, and in recent films, plays, graphic novels, and internet cartoons, America has been led by an amazing variety of chief executives. Some of these are real presidents who have been fictionally reimagined. Others are “might-have-beens” like Philip Roth’s President Charles Lindbergh. Many more have never existed except in some storyteller’s mind. In The Presidents We Imagine, Jeff Smith examines the presidency’s ever-changing place in the American imagination. Ranging across different media and analyzing works of many kinds, some familiar and some never before studied, he explores the evolution of presidential fictions, their central themes, the impact on them of new and emerging media, and their largely unexamined role in the nation’s real politics. Smith traces fictions of the presidency from the plays and polemics of the eighteenth century—when the new office was born in what Alexander Hamilton called “the regions of fiction”—to the digital products of the twenty-first century, with their seemingly limitless user-defined ways of imagining the world’s most important political figure. Students of American culture and politics, as well as readers interested in political fiction and film, will find here a colorful, indispensable guide to the many surprising ways Americans have been “representing” presidents even as those presidents have represented them. “Especially timely in an era when media image-mongering increasingly shapes presidential politics.”—Paul S. Boyer, series editor “Smith's understanding of the sociopolitical realities of US history is impressive; likewise his interpretations of works of literature and popular culture. . . .In addition to presenting thoughtful analysis, the book is also fun. Readers will enjoy encounters with, for example, The Beggar's Opera, Duck Soup, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, Philip Roth's Plot against America, the comedic campaigns of W. C. Fields for President and Pogo for President, and presidential fictions that continue up to the last President Bush. . . . His writing is fluid and conversational, but every page reveals deep understanding and focus. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers.”—CHOICE
The Modern Detective
Author: Tyler Maroney
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594632596
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A fascinating examination of the world of private investigators by a 21st-century private eye. Today's world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat these onslaughts, people everywhere -- rich and not so rich, in business and in their personal lives -- are turning away from traditional police, lawyers, and government regulators toward a new champion: the private investigator. As a private investigator, Tyler Maroney has traveled the globe, overseeing sensitive investigations and untying complicated cases for a wide array of clients. In his new book, he shows that it's private eyes who today are being called upon to catch corrupt politicians, track down international embezzlers, and mine reams of data to reveal which CEOs are lying. The tools Maroney and other private investigators use are a mix of the traditional and the cutting edge, from old phone records to computer forensics to solid (and often inspired) street-level investigative work. The most useful assets private investigators have, Maroney has found, are their resourcefulness and their creativity. Each of the investigations Maroney explores in this book highlights an individual case and the people involved in it, and in each account he explains how the transgressors were caught and what lessons can be learned from it. Whether the clients are a Middle Eastern billionaire whose employees stole millions from him, the director of a private equity firm wanting a background check on a potential hire (a known convicted felon), or creditors of a wealthy American investor trying to recoup their money after he fled the country to avoid bankruptcy, all of them hired private investigators to solve problems the authorities either can't or won't touch. In an era when it's both easier and more difficult than ever to disappear after a crime is committed, it's the modern detective people are turning to for help, for revenge, and for justice.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594632596
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A fascinating examination of the world of private investigators by a 21st-century private eye. Today's world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat these onslaughts, people everywhere -- rich and not so rich, in business and in their personal lives -- are turning away from traditional police, lawyers, and government regulators toward a new champion: the private investigator. As a private investigator, Tyler Maroney has traveled the globe, overseeing sensitive investigations and untying complicated cases for a wide array of clients. In his new book, he shows that it's private eyes who today are being called upon to catch corrupt politicians, track down international embezzlers, and mine reams of data to reveal which CEOs are lying. The tools Maroney and other private investigators use are a mix of the traditional and the cutting edge, from old phone records to computer forensics to solid (and often inspired) street-level investigative work. The most useful assets private investigators have, Maroney has found, are their resourcefulness and their creativity. Each of the investigations Maroney explores in this book highlights an individual case and the people involved in it, and in each account he explains how the transgressors were caught and what lessons can be learned from it. Whether the clients are a Middle Eastern billionaire whose employees stole millions from him, the director of a private equity firm wanting a background check on a potential hire (a known convicted felon), or creditors of a wealthy American investor trying to recoup their money after he fled the country to avoid bankruptcy, all of them hired private investigators to solve problems the authorities either can't or won't touch. In an era when it's both easier and more difficult than ever to disappear after a crime is committed, it's the modern detective people are turning to for help, for revenge, and for justice.
Prisoners of the White House
Author: Kenneth T. Walsh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317253477
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Prisoners of the White House looks at the isolation experienced by presidents of the United States in the White House, a habitat almost guaranteed to keep America's commander in chief far removed from everyday life. The authors look at how this is emerging as one of the most serious dilemmas facing the American presidency. As presidents have become more isolated, the role of the presidential pollster has grown. Ken Walsh has been given exclusive access to the polls and confidential memos received by presidents over the years, and has interviewed presidential pollsters directly to gain their unique perspective. Prisoners of the White House gets inside the bubble and punctures the mythology surrounding the presidency.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317253477
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Prisoners of the White House looks at the isolation experienced by presidents of the United States in the White House, a habitat almost guaranteed to keep America's commander in chief far removed from everyday life. The authors look at how this is emerging as one of the most serious dilemmas facing the American presidency. As presidents have become more isolated, the role of the presidential pollster has grown. Ken Walsh has been given exclusive access to the polls and confidential memos received by presidents over the years, and has interviewed presidential pollsters directly to gain their unique perspective. Prisoners of the White House gets inside the bubble and punctures the mythology surrounding the presidency.
Bettie English Private Investigator Mysteries Volume 3
Author: Connor Whiteley
Publisher: CGD Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
6 addictive Private Eye Mysteries you don’t want to miss! BUY NOW! A Very Private Women An Invitation Like No Other. Sister Rivalry. A Very Private Woman. Nothing is as it seems. Private Eye Bettie English receives a visitor. She hears a top-secret job offer. Bettie knows something is afoot. Bettie needs to find the truth. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries holding you from the first to last word. You will love this book! The Russian Case A Strange Invitation. A World In Danger. A Russian Case. Bettie solves cases. When Private Eye Bettie English receives a strange invitation. She takes the offer. Bettie investigates her most dangerous case yet. Can Bettie save the western world? A Very Urgent Matter A Stream of Emails. High-Tech Theft. A Very Urgent Matter. Conspiracies and crimes happen. Private Eye Bettie English receives tons of email. Someone wants her. Bettie opens the emails. Bettie finds herself in a deadly game. A Case Most Personal An Attack Close To Home. Police Corruption. A Case Most Personal. Bettie helps innocent people. Private Eye Bettie English sees her nephew stabbed. She rushes to help. Bettie investigates. If you enjoy gripping heart-wrecking private investigator mysteries, you need to read this! Scots, Trains and Private Eyes Amazing Scots. A Secret Train. Reader’s Favourite Private Eye. Private Eyes always work. Private Eye Bettie English holidays in Scotland. She meets MI5 Agent Carter. She accepts a dangerous job. A nation’s future depends on Bettie. The Federation Protects A Private Eye Convention. A Power Vacuum. A Poisoner On The Loose. Powerful people stepping down leads to danger. Private Eye Bettie English organises Private Eye Con. She hears her friends are stepping down. Bettie fears the fallout. More than she realises depends on Bettie. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries. You will love this one! BUY NOW!
Publisher: CGD Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
6 addictive Private Eye Mysteries you don’t want to miss! BUY NOW! A Very Private Women An Invitation Like No Other. Sister Rivalry. A Very Private Woman. Nothing is as it seems. Private Eye Bettie English receives a visitor. She hears a top-secret job offer. Bettie knows something is afoot. Bettie needs to find the truth. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries holding you from the first to last word. You will love this book! The Russian Case A Strange Invitation. A World In Danger. A Russian Case. Bettie solves cases. When Private Eye Bettie English receives a strange invitation. She takes the offer. Bettie investigates her most dangerous case yet. Can Bettie save the western world? A Very Urgent Matter A Stream of Emails. High-Tech Theft. A Very Urgent Matter. Conspiracies and crimes happen. Private Eye Bettie English receives tons of email. Someone wants her. Bettie opens the emails. Bettie finds herself in a deadly game. A Case Most Personal An Attack Close To Home. Police Corruption. A Case Most Personal. Bettie helps innocent people. Private Eye Bettie English sees her nephew stabbed. She rushes to help. Bettie investigates. If you enjoy gripping heart-wrecking private investigator mysteries, you need to read this! Scots, Trains and Private Eyes Amazing Scots. A Secret Train. Reader’s Favourite Private Eye. Private Eyes always work. Private Eye Bettie English holidays in Scotland. She meets MI5 Agent Carter. She accepts a dangerous job. A nation’s future depends on Bettie. The Federation Protects A Private Eye Convention. A Power Vacuum. A Poisoner On The Loose. Powerful people stepping down leads to danger. Private Eye Bettie English organises Private Eye Con. She hears her friends are stepping down. Bettie fears the fallout. More than she realises depends on Bettie. If you enjoy gripping, unputdownable private eye mysteries. You will love this one! BUY NOW!
The Residence
Author: Kate Andersen Brower
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062476017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller “A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. America’s First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. In her runaway bestseller, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world’s most famous address. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family. These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level’s basement kitchen to share stories, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love. Combining incredible first-person anecdotes from extensive interviews with scores of White House staff members—many speaking for the first time—with archival research, Kate Andersen Brower tells their story. She reveals the intimacy between the First Family and the people who serve them, as well as tension that has shaken the staff over the decades. From the housekeeper and engineer who fell in love while serving President Reagan to Jackie Kennedy’s private moment of grief with a beloved staffer after her husband’s assassination to the tumultuous days surrounding President Nixon’s resignation and President Clinton’s impeachment battle, The Residence is full of surprising and moving details that illuminate day-to-day life at the White House.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062476017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller “A revealing look at life inside the White House. . . it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff.”— The Today Show A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. America’s First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. In her runaway bestseller, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world’s most famous address. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family. These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion’s 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d’oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level’s basement kitchen to share stories, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love. Combining incredible first-person anecdotes from extensive interviews with scores of White House staff members—many speaking for the first time—with archival research, Kate Andersen Brower tells their story. She reveals the intimacy between the First Family and the people who serve them, as well as tension that has shaken the staff over the decades. From the housekeeper and engineer who fell in love while serving President Reagan to Jackie Kennedy’s private moment of grief with a beloved staffer after her husband’s assassination to the tumultuous days surrounding President Nixon’s resignation and President Clinton’s impeachment battle, The Residence is full of surprising and moving details that illuminate day-to-day life at the White House.
Author in Chief
Author: Craig Fehrman
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1476786399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years.” —Thomas Mallon, The Wall Street Journal “Fun and fascinating…It’s witty, charming, and fantastically learned. I loved it.” —Rick Perlstein Based on a decade of research and reporting, Author in Chief tells the story of America’s presidents as authors—and offers a delightful new window into the public and private lives of our highest leaders. Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work that helped him win the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies—the rough equivalent of half a million books in today’s market—and it reveals something about Lincoln’s presidential ambitions. But it also reveals something about his heart and mind. When voters asked about his beliefs, Lincoln liked to point them to his book. In Craig Fehrman’s groundbreaking work of history, Author in Chief, the story of America’s presidents and their books opens a rich new window into presidential biography. From volumes lost to history—Calvin Coolidge’s Autobiography, which was one of the most widely discussed titles of 1929—to ones we know and love—Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, which was very nearly never published—Fehrman unearths countless insights about the presidents through their literary works. Presidential books have made an enormous impact on American history, catapulting their authors to the national stage and even turning key elections. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia, the first presidential book to influence a campaign, and John Adams’s Autobiography, the first score-settling presidential memoir, Author in Chief draws on newly uncovered information—including never-before-published letters from Andrew Jackson, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan—to cast fresh light on the private drives and self-doubts that fueled our nation’s leaders. We see Teddy Roosevelt as a vulnerable first-time author, struggling to write the book that would become a classic of American history. We see Reagan painstakingly revising Where’s the Rest of Me?, a forgotten memoir in which he sharpened his sunny political image. We see Donald Trump negotiating the deal for The Art of the Deal, the volume that made him synonymous with business savvy. Alongside each of these authors, we also glimpse the everyday Americans who read them. Combining the narrative felicity of a journalist with the rigorous scholarship of a historian, Fehrman delivers a feast for history lovers, book lovers, and everybody curious about a behind-the-scenes look at our presidents.
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1476786399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years.” —Thomas Mallon, The Wall Street Journal “Fun and fascinating…It’s witty, charming, and fantastically learned. I loved it.” —Rick Perlstein Based on a decade of research and reporting, Author in Chief tells the story of America’s presidents as authors—and offers a delightful new window into the public and private lives of our highest leaders. Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work that helped him win the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies—the rough equivalent of half a million books in today’s market—and it reveals something about Lincoln’s presidential ambitions. But it also reveals something about his heart and mind. When voters asked about his beliefs, Lincoln liked to point them to his book. In Craig Fehrman’s groundbreaking work of history, Author in Chief, the story of America’s presidents and their books opens a rich new window into presidential biography. From volumes lost to history—Calvin Coolidge’s Autobiography, which was one of the most widely discussed titles of 1929—to ones we know and love—Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, which was very nearly never published—Fehrman unearths countless insights about the presidents through their literary works. Presidential books have made an enormous impact on American history, catapulting their authors to the national stage and even turning key elections. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia, the first presidential book to influence a campaign, and John Adams’s Autobiography, the first score-settling presidential memoir, Author in Chief draws on newly uncovered information—including never-before-published letters from Andrew Jackson, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan—to cast fresh light on the private drives and self-doubts that fueled our nation’s leaders. We see Teddy Roosevelt as a vulnerable first-time author, struggling to write the book that would become a classic of American history. We see Reagan painstakingly revising Where’s the Rest of Me?, a forgotten memoir in which he sharpened his sunny political image. We see Donald Trump negotiating the deal for The Art of the Deal, the volume that made him synonymous with business savvy. Alongside each of these authors, we also glimpse the everyday Americans who read them. Combining the narrative felicity of a journalist with the rigorous scholarship of a historian, Fehrman delivers a feast for history lovers, book lovers, and everybody curious about a behind-the-scenes look at our presidents.