The Ayatollah in the Cathedral: Reflections of a Hostage [Signed by Author] by Kennedy, Moorhead - 1986

1st printing 1986 Hill and Wang hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Green line on the base edge.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1986. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. very good/very good. 22 cm. ix, [3], 241, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author on fep. With an Afterword by Louisa Kennedy. In 1979, Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., who was born and raised in New York City, was the acting head of the United States Embassy's economic section in Iran when took hostages, 52 of whom they held for 14 months. Mr. Kennedy became one of the best- known of the captives. His wife, Louisa Kennedy, was a spokeswoman for their families. After the hostages were released in 1981, he left his 20-year State Department career to direct the Cathedral Peace Institute, a group dealing with religion and foreign policy. His 1986 book, ''The Ayatollah in the Cathedral,'' contended that many nuclear freeze proponents were as intolerant of dissent as any Iranian ideologue. His later ventures included the Moorhead Kennedy Institute, which offered training in subjects like cultural diversity. The author describes… Read More

New York: Hill and Wang, 1986. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. very good, very good. 22 cm, 241 pages. Afterword by Louisa Kennedy (wife of the author). Inscribed by the author and his wife.

New York: Hill and Wang, [A Myrin Book], 1986. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. very good/very good. 22 cm. ix, [3], 241, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author to syndicated radio talk show host Diane Rehm on fep. With an Afterword by Louisa Kennedy. In 1979, Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., who was born and raised in New York City, was the acting head of the United States Embassy's economic section in Iran when took hostages, 52 of whom they held for 14 months. Mr. Kennedy became one of the best- known of the captives. His wife, Louisa Kennedy, was a spokeswoman for their families. After the hostages were released in 1981, he left his 20-year State Department career to direct the Cathedral Peace Institute, a group dealing with religion and foreign policy. His 1986 book, ''The Ayatollah in the Cathedral,'' contended that many nuclear freeze proponents were as intolerant of dissent as any Iranian ideologue. His later ventures included the Moorhead… Read More

New York: Hill and Wang, 1986. Hardbound. VG/VG some dust to top of pages, light foxing spots on page edges not bad. Rose cloth spine and grey boards withgreyish pictorial dustjacket. ix, [5], 241 pp., A most interesting association and inscibed copy. Inscribed presentation from both the author and his wife (who wrote an Afterword) to kermit and Priscilla Roosevelt. Kermit's father was intimately involved with the CIA maneuver inside Iran that ultimately restored the Shah to power around 1953.

Hill & Wang Pub, 1986-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!