Chip Shoulder by Stokes Thomas (7 results)
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.Books by White/Walnut Valley Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1940. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name stamp on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good:… NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light chipping to head, tail, and tips; missing small piece at head; light suntoning to spine. Orange cloth boards with black painted on overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 559 pp 8vo. The author was a long-time Southern newspaper man who transitioned to covering the scene of politics in Washington, IN this book he turns social historian as he covers the presidencies of the easygoing Harding, Coolidge, the small-town politician, Hoover, a man of economic destiny engulfed in a flood of economic ruin, and finally, the ideas of FDR and the alphabet soup of programs and ideas he is trying to save the nation. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Laid-in is a newspaper clipping from 1940 of a book review on this book.
Published by Princeton University Press, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Smokey, York, NE, U.S.A.Smokey
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book has faded cover. A Southern newspaper man covers America in transition from Harding to FDR.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1940
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.A. Richard Books and More
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author "To ____ and ___. Who have been such good friends to us and our Chip. Tom Stokes". No other markings. Cover a little soiled - pages a little yellowed. Clean and tight. Nice copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1940
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.A. Richard Books and More
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by the author, a presentation copy inscribed to journalist Ray Scherer. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 561 pages, index, DJ soiled and worn, DJ edges worn and chipped, former owners's name inside front endpaper. Signed by the author. Thomas Lunsford Stokes, Jr. (November 1, 1898 - May 14, 1958) was a Pulitizer-prize winning Ameri…can journalist. Thomas Stokes was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 1, 1898, to Thomas Stokes and Emma Layton, both descendants of colonial families. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1920 afters 3 years. He began his journalism career working as a reporter for Georgia newspapers and then moved to Washington in 1921, where he took dictation from reporters atUnited Press. He later worked as a copy editor and then as a reporter covering all aspects of Washington politics. He greeted the New Deal with enthusiasm and his coverage of the early days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's's administration brought him to the attention of theScripps-Howard newspaper chain, which hired him as its Washington correspondent in 1933. In 1937, the Amalgamated Clothing Woekers of America reprinted a series of his articles under the title Carpetbaggers of Industry to indict businesses that relocated to the South in search of lower-earning workers.His coverage of FDR's administration grew more critical over time. He won the Pulitizer Prize in 1939 for investigating how Kentucky politicians had corrupted the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to advance their own careers. He concluded the Kentucky WPA was "a grand political racket in which the taxpayer is the victim." Stokes and WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins traded charges for several days. The affair led indirectly to the passage of the Hatch Act. He authored an autobiography, Chip Off My Shoulder, in 1940.] A reviewer described him: "He is irreverent but not flip, ironic but not bitter, a hater of pretense and arrogance but not of people. Some of his 1941 reporting on the awarding of construction contracts provoked a contentious debate in the U.S. Senate. Stokes became a columnist for United Features Syndicate in December 1944. More than 100 newspapers ran his column. In 1947 he won the Raymond Clapper Award for general excellence in Washington reporting and crusading. He was honored again by the Raymond Clapper Memorial Association just before his death.
More imagesPublished by Princeton U. Press
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1940
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Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. A very clean, bright and attractive copy . Inscribed by the author on the ffep. A few minor chips at the corners. Near Fine / Near Fine.
