American Hero
by Larry Beinhart
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0345366638
- ISBN 13
- 9780345366634
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$7.50$5.25
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Ballantine Books , 1994 Ballantine Books, New York. 1994. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. 5th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine: light edge rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 397 pp 12mo. This book is the basis for the movie Wag the Dog. American Hero gives a fictional account of the Gulf War’s development, from a suggestion made by dying GOP strongman Lee Atwater to the development of the scheme by a big-shot movie director. The novel actually devotes as much time exposing the corruptions of Hollywood (a la Michael Tolkin and Robert Altman’s The Player) as it does postulating about strong-arm government security tactics. Through copious footnotes, Beinhart builds an impressive case that if Hollywood didn’t actually script the Gulf War, it was certainly a heavy influence on Bush and his cronies. A clean very presentable copy.
Synopsis
Larry Beinhart is the Edgar Award-winning author of No One Rides for Free, You Get What You Pay For , and Foreign Exchange.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011998
- Title
- American Hero
- Author
- Larry Beinhart
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345366638
- ISBN 13
- 9780345366634
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Gulf War, George Bush, President Bush, Lee Atwater, Holywood movie of the Gulf War, fictional war movie, war fiction, Gulf War fiction.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Military Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.