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Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism, 1950-1975
by Manchester, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316544973
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544979
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. x, 432 pages; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication to broadcast journalist Sander Vanocur. A very good copy, age toned. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "In the title essay Controversy, Manchester details his experience writing The Death of a President, the award-winning account of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It was indeed a controversy like few others, engaging one of the most prominent historians of the day against Jackie Kennedy, the most famous, yet private, widow in the world. This 76-page essay provides a compelling insider's account of the most high-profile publishing struggle of its day. A work of love, even passion . Mr. Manchester's final telling of the death of Kennedy is most moving; it is also less controversial than one had been led to believe by those who read the original manuscript. --Gore Vidal This sweeping collection further provides a penetrating look at the period between World War II and the Vietnam era. In an account that's both exacting in its accuracy and a pleasure to read, these essays cover the events that shaped world history during this period of time--from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to Watergate and Vietnam." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Controversy; Mid campfires gleaming: The Spanish American War. The Great War. The island war. Corps d'elite. The man who couldn't speak Japanese; Ways and means: The Treasury Department. The great bank holiday. Slum lord. The founding grandfather; Americana: The tribal American. The New York Times. A slight case of McCarthyism. In defense of snobs; Public men: Adlai in defeat. Walter Reuther. Cairo after Farouk; Envoi: My old man, the last years of H. L. Mencken.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114209
- Title
- Controversy and Other Essays in Journalism, 1950-1975
- Author
- Manchester, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0316544973
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544979
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Toronto
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES;
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