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James A. Michener

Report of the County Chairman

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James A. Michener, the acclaimed author of sweeping historical blockbusters, chronicles his personal involvement in one of the most dramatic elections of the twentieth century: the presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. A relative newcomer to politics, Michener served as the Democratic chairman in his native Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in a rural battleground precinct where the major controversies of the day-notably Kennedy's Catholicism-brought cultural divides to the forefront. First published shortly after the 1960 election, Report of the County Chairman remains an intimate, gripping account of the power of grassroots… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Berry, Steve
  • ISBN: 978-0-8129-8683-9
  • EAN: 9780812986839
  • Produktnummer: 19202636
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B13.9 cm x D1.8 cm 216 g
  • Gewicht: 216

Über den Autor


James A. Michener was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

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