Richard Nixon : the life / John A. Farrell.
Richard Nixon : the life / John A. Farrell.
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 2017.
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G 2017/2736
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
737 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The dragon slayer -- "I had to win" -- As American as Thanksgiving -- Death, God, love, and war -- A kind of man the country needs -- HUAC -- A tragedy of history -- The Pink Lady -- The Great Train Robbery -- Checkers -- A candidate for the little man -- McCarthy -- The new Nixon -- The desolate ni...
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"Richard Nixon opens with young Navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. It is a stunning overture to John A. Farrell's...
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Richard Nixon : the life / John A. Farrell.
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Includes bibliographical references ((pages 689-699) and index.
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G 2017/2736
Record Identifier
74VKVaQJpwE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQJpwE3
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ISBN
9780385537353
DDC
973.924092
MMS ID
991024104313202626
