Matters of State: A Political Excursion

Hamburger, Philip

ISBN 10: 1582430845 / ISBN 13: 9781582430843

Published by Washington D.C.: Counterpoint, 2000, Washington D.C., 2000

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Hard Cover. Very Good/VG+. 1st. 166 p. Sticker remnant on spine, sticker inside back cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matters of State: A Political Excursion
• Publisher: Washington D.C.: Counterpoint, 2000, Washington D.C.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582430845
• ISBN 13: 9781582430843
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG+

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Synopsis

A collection of essays on American political life that Hamberger originally wrote for The New Yorker magazine and other publications between 1946 and 1996. Among his topics are the Truman inauguration, Joseph McCarthy, the Kennedy election, Nixon's second inauguration, a Roosevelt retrospective from 1983, and Clinton. There is no index or bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis

Philip Hamburger, president-watcher and Reporter at Large for The New Yorker , at last collects his pieces on a beat he's made his own-Washington inaugurations, from FDR to Clinton.. This collection of essays, chosen by the author from his sixty years of writing for The New Yorker , chronicles not only the people of our nation's political life (Judge Learned Hand, Fiorello La Guardia, Dean Acheson, FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton) but also the places and events, with special emphasis on presidential inaugurations (he has attended, he thinks, fourteen). Here is one man's view, both funny and serious, of the glorious diversity of American politics-and of the better angels of our nature.