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White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters / Robert Schlesinger.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780743291699
  • 0743291697
Other title:
  • Presidents and their speechwriters
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.09
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 176.1 S342w 2008
Contents:
Introduction: The coming of the "literary clerk" -- "Grace, take a law" -- "Missouri English" -- "Sometimes you sure get tired of all this clackety-clack" -- The age of Sorensen -- "Now that's what I call a news lead" -- "Concern for image must rank with concern for substance" -- "Go back and give me one speech, not two speeches" -- "Don't give any explanation. Just say I cancelled the damn speech" -- The musketeers -- "I'm not going to dance on the Berlin Wall" -- "No, no, so, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika."
Summary: Evaluates the relationships between modern presidents and their speechwriters and offers insight into the agendas behind some of history's most famous addresses, in an account that traces the careers of such figures as Ted Sorensen, Peggy Noonan, and William Safire.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 176.1 S342w 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000117487

"From FDR to George W. Bush"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-558) and index.

Introduction: The coming of the "literary clerk" -- "Grace, take a law" -- "Missouri English" -- "Sometimes you sure get tired of all this clackety-clack" -- The age of Sorensen -- "Now that's what I call a news lead" -- "Concern for image must rank with concern for substance" -- "Go back and give me one speech, not two speeches" -- "Don't give any explanation. Just say I cancelled the damn speech" -- The musketeers -- "I'm not going to dance on the Berlin Wall" -- "No, no, so, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika."

Evaluates the relationships between modern presidents and their speechwriters and offers insight into the agendas behind some of history's most famous addresses, in an account that traces the careers of such figures as Ted Sorensen, Peggy Noonan, and William Safire.

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