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In honor of the nation's capital, a collection of more than one hundred articles, essays, and excerpts dealing with Washington, D.C., ranges from 1917 to 2001 and includes selections by Will Rogers, Joseph Alsop, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, Dean Acheson, Harry Truman, Art Buchwald, P. J. O'Rourke, Russell Baker, and others. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.
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"Magnificent . . . warmly personable. . . . Exquisitely delicious. . . . With its treasures, rarities and surprises . . . there is nothing else like it." --The Washington Post Book World "Lively, affectionate...rich with wise commentary and quirky inside scenes....Graham's fascination with the human side of the capital shines through." --Newsweek "Packed with intriguing people and those who write about them.... Full of funny moments.... Washington in the eyes of Katharine Graham is...a city unlike any other in the world.... Her spirit permeates the pages." --Newsday
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Katharine Graham served as the publisher of the Washington Post from 1969 to 1979, piloting the paper through the crises of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, and as the president and chairman of the Washington Post Company for much longer. In 1998 she won a Pulitzer Prize for her best-selling autobiography, Personal History. She died at the age of eighty-four in July 2001.
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 1400030595
- ISBN 13 9781400030590
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine832
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: New. As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed The Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city she knew and loved, a moving tribute to the nations capital.To Russell Banks, it is a place where no one is in charge and no one, therefore, can be held responsible for the mess. To John Dos Passos, it is essentially a town of lonely people. Whatever your impressions of Washington, D.C., you will likely find them challenged here. Experience Christmas with the Roosevelts, as seen through the eyes of a White House housekeeper. Learn why David McCullough is happy to declare I love Washington, while The Washington Posts Sally Quinn wonders, Why Do They Hate Washington? Glimpse David Brinkleys depiction of the capital during World War II, then experience Henry Kissingers thoughts on Peace at Last, post-Vietnam. Written by a whos who of journalists, historians, First Ladies, politicians, and more, these varied works offer a wonderful overview of Katharine Grahams beloved city. Codice articolo DADAX1400030595
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