| Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Contributor(s): Perlstein, Rick (Author), Thorne, Stephen R. (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538459361 ISBN-13: 9781538459362 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $58.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's epic account begins in the blood and fire of the 1965 Watts riots, nine months after Lyndon Johnson's historic landslide victory over Barry Goldwater appeared to herald a permanent liberal consensus in the United States. But the next year, scores of liberals were tossed out of Congress, America was more divided than ever, and a disgraced politician was on his way to a shocking comeback: Richard Nixon. Filled with prodigious research and driven by a powerful narrative, Rick Perlstein's magisterial account of how it all happened confirms his place as one of our country's most celebrated historians. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perlstein, Rick: - Rick Perlstein is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan; Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, a New York Times bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by over a dozen publications; and Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, which won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history and appeared on the best books of the year lists of the New York Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune. His essays and book reviews have been published in the New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Nation, Village Voice, and Slate, among others. He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for independent scholars. He lives in Chicago. Thorne, Stephen R.: -Stephen R. Thorne is a member of the resident acting company at Providence's esteemed Trinity Repertory Company, where his favorite productions include Hamlet, Henry V, and The Cider House Rules. He lives with his family in Lincoln, Rhode Island. |