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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192047994 Title: White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters Author: Robert Schlesinger Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 0743291697 9780743291699 OCLC:192047994

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White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters

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White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters

Author:	Robert Schlesinger
Publisher:	New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2008.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edView all editions and formats
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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Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Robert Schlesinger Find more information about:
ISBN:	0743291697 9780743291699
OCLC Number:	192047994
Notes:	"From FDR to George W. Bush"--Jacket.
Description:	viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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, no, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika".
Other Titles:	Presidents and their speechwriters
Responsibility:	Robert Schlesinger.
More information:	Publisher description Sample text Table of contents only Contributor biographical information

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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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