While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics

William M. Bulger

ISBN 10: 0395720419 / ISBN 13: 9780395720417

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1996

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0395720419I4N00

Synopsis:

This memoir, by turns passionate and hilarious, recounts the colorful life of the man who has dominated Massachusetts state politics for more than a generation. William Bulger describes his childhood in a poor but lively and devoted family in heavily Irish South Boston - where he still lives - and his struggle for an education. He tells of his leadership when Boston was America's focal point in a fierce school busing crisis. He recounts power-brokering in one of the most independent and feisty state governments in the nation and writes about the inside game of politics in a way that invites comparison to Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah . He affectingly makes the case for the right of neighborhoods to preserve ancestral culture from efforts to stifle diverse traditions in a rootless age. This is a book for political aficionados everywhere.

About the Author: William M. Bulger was named president of the University of Massachusetts in 1995.

Bibliographic Details

Title: While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket