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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL: THE LIFE OF FRANCES PERKINS, FDR'S SECRETARY OF LABOR AND HIS MORAL CONSCIENCE
by Kirstin Downey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385513658
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513654
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Nan A. Talese, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean. Binding is square and tight. Faint wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. Text block is clean. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
Synopsis
KIRSTIN DOWNEY is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post , where she was a staff writer from 1988 to 2008, winning press association awards for her business and economic reporting. She shared in the 2008 Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Post staff for its coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings. In 2000, she was awarded a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51071
- Title
- THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NEW DEAL: THE LIFE OF FRANCES PERKINS, FDR'S SECRETARY OF LABOR AND HIS MORAL CONSCIENCE
- Author
- Kirstin Downey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385513658
- ISBN 13
- 9780385513654
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- American History, Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965, United States. Department of Labor--Officials and employees--Biography, Women cabinet officers--United States--Biography, Women social reformers--United States--Biography, New Deal, 1933-1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
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