| Inside the Oval Office: The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton Contributor(s): Doyle, William (Author), Lewis, Edward (Read by) |
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ISBN: 143323453X ISBN-13: 9781433234538 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Since 1940, almost every president has found some use for recording conversations, covertly or otherwise. William Doyle unearths these tapes from oblivion to present a flesh and blood drama of the presidency in action. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: 973.910 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.52" W x 6.49" (0.78 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: In 1940, inventor J. Ripley Kiel was taken by Secret Service men to the Oval Office, where he planted a microphone in FDR's desk lamp and connected it to an experimental sound recording machine. Since that day, almost every president has found some use for recording. The tapes and transcripts left behind are a cockpit voice recorder of the presidency, time capsules from crucial moments in American history. During four years of research in the National Archives and presidential libraries, William Doyle unearthed scores of White House tapes and transcripts, many never before published. He interviewed over one hundred Oval Office insiders, Cabinet members, and White House aides, from FDR's personal secretary to Henry Kissinger, to present this riveting flesh-and-blood drama of the presidency in action. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lewis, Edward: - Edward Lewis (a.k.a. David Hilder) is a stage, film, and television actor. He has narrated unabridged audiobooks for over eighteen years and has recorded more than two hundred titles, spanning works of fiction and nonfiction. Doyle, William: -William Doyle is a New York Times bestselling author and the winner of the 1998 Writers Guild Award for Best Documentary for the A&E special, The Secret White House Tapes. He was also coproducer of the PBS special Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story. He lives in New York City. |