Right from the Start: A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign
New York: Quadrangle, 1973. 25 cm, 334, illus., endpaper maps, index. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Quadrangle, 1973. 25 cm, 334, illus., endpaper maps, index. Inscribed by the author. More
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1987. 22 cm, 348, wraps, illus. More
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, [2[, 321, [3] pages. Notes. A Note on Sources. Index. DJ has a large scratch in the front. Name of previous owner in ink on fep. Paul R. Henggeler taught American history at the University of Texas, Pan American. His first book, In His Steps: Lyndon Johnson and the Kennedy Mystique, won high praise from historians and critics. Paul Henggeler (1955-July 22, 2004) was a professor of History at the University of Texas-Pan American. He authored two books focusing on the Kennedy era. More
Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1990. First edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 239 p. More
New York: Collier Books, 1969. Reprint Edition. 18 cm, 511, wraps, some ink underlining Introduction by Richard S. Peters. One of the Collier Classics in the History of Thought series. More than a brilliant and ruthless analysis of the bases of government, Leviathan embodies a vast structure of thought. It embraces physical nature, man as an individual, and man as a citizen of the state. It contains ideas on psychology, ethics, law, language, and religion that continue to exercise a profound influence on Western thought. More
New York, N.Y. Simon & Schuster, 2008. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition [Stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, [2], 623, [5] pages. Illustrations. Includes Introduction; Part One, The Promise of Something Better; and Part Two, The Momentous Issue of Civil War. Also includes What Became of...?; Acknowledgments, Notes, and Index. A chronicle of the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration evaluates the period decisions he made regarding slavery, secession, and the possibility of a Civil War, in an account that also offers insight into the selections of his cabinet members. Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the Great Secession Winter--the months between his election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861--when he rejected compromises urged on him by Republicans and Democrats, Northerners and Southerners, that might have preserved the Union a little longer, but would have enshrined slavery for generations. Though Lincoln has been criticized by many historians for failing to appreciate the severity of the secession crisis that greeted his victory, Holzer shows that the president-elect waged a shrewd and complex campaign to prevent the expansion of slavery while trying to limit secession to a few Deep South states. Through limited, brilliantly timed and crafted public statements, determined private letters, tough political pressure, and personal persuasion, Lincoln guaranteed the integrity of the American political process of majority rule, sounded the death knell of slavery, and transformed not only his own image but that of the presidency, even while making inevitable the war that would be necessary to make these achievements permanent. More
Manchester, MA: Edward M. House, 1931. Believed to be the unique surviving originally signed letter. Single sheet, typed on one side. Format is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Typed on watermarked good quality paper. Letter has been folded and has some pencil marks. This letter responds to several letters from Viereck of the 7th, 8th and 10th of July. House provides advice to Viereck retarding contact with a number of people in Woodrow Wilson's circle. Viereck was preparing a book on the War. States never met Thomas F. Ryan whom Wilson despised. Suggested he write to Mrs. Wilson and address "the great part she played during the President's illness." Discusses having Viereck up for lunch or tea when he is at Wood's Hole. Handwritten note reads: "Your letters are pleasant reading, and are always welcome." Written in ink, presumably, Viereck's handwriting, at the bottom: Answered: George Sylvester Viereck. George Sylvester Viereck (December 31, 1884 – March 18, 1962) was a German-American poet and writer. The Saturday Evening Post called Viereck "the most widely-discussed young literary man in the United States today". In 1923, Viereck published a popular-science book entitled Rejuvenation, which drew the attention of Sigmund Freud, who wrote Viereck asking if he would write a similar book about psychoanalysis. Viereck went on several tours of Europe, interviewing Marshal Foch, Georges Clemenceau, George Bernard Shaw, Oswald Spengler, Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians, Henry Ford, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Albert Einstein. Viereck became close friends with Nikola Tesla. Tesla dedicated his poem "Fragments of Olympian Gossip" to Viereck, in which Tesla ridiculed the scientific establishment of the day. More
New York: Center Street, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 196, [2] pages. Iona bookplate on page facing title page. Signed by author on title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate United States Republican presidential primaries in both 2008 and 2016. Beginning in 2008, Huckabee hosted the Fox News Channel talk show Huckabee, ending the show in January 2015 in order to explore a bid for the presidency. From April 2012 through December 2013, he hosted a daily radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show. Huckabee is the author of several best-selling books, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, a musician, and a public speaker. He is also a political commentator on The Huckabee Report. In the 2008 presidential primaries, Huckabee won the 2008 Iowa caucuses and finished second in delegates and third in both popular vote and number of states won, behind John McCain and Mitt Romney. More
New York: Hyperion Books, 2004. Third Printing. Hardcover. 370 pages. Signed by the author. More
New York, N.Y. Stein and Day, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 334 pages. Several chips and small tears to dust jacket edges. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: To the Fendig Family, Personally inscribed with the very best wishes of the author. James C. Humes, 7-31-1980. Includes Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapters on Destiny; Youth; Soldier; Apprentice Speaker; Writer; Candidate; Conservative Back-bencher; Liberal Reformer; War Minister; Conservative Chancellor; Prophet in Exile; Prime Minister; Champion of Freedom; and World Symbol. Also includes Appendixes on Wit and Wisdom; Escapades and Encounters; Barbs and Blasts; Mockery and Parody; Predictions and Prophecies; Milestones in Churchill's Life; as well as a Bibliography and an Index. James C. Humes is an author and former presidential speechwriter. Humes, along with William Safire and Pat Buchanan, is credited for authoring the text on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque. James C. Humes was Ronald Reagan's speechwriter. He also wrote speeches for George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower. He has served as a communications advisor to major U.S. corporations, including IBM and DuPont. He is the author of at least twenty-three books, sharing his extensive knowledge of the modern history and political landscape. More
New York: Praeger, 1979. 24 cm, 153, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953-54. First & Third Printing. 2192 total, 3 vols. (vol. I Third Printing, vols. II & III First Printing), index, reader' guide, boards scuffed, edges of spines worn. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1982. First Printing. 24 cm, 390, illus. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. x, 335, [7] pages. Acid-free paper. Illustrations. Charts. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some wear and soiling to DJ. Inscribed by the author. Based on her analysis of the 1988 presidential campaign, the author contends that television advertisements (for example, the Bush ads linking Dukakis to Willie Horton and ridiculing Dukakis' tank ride) can obscure a candidate's actual positions while mesmerizing broadcasters and reporters. In this book, Jamieson provides her readers with a new way to interpret political campaigns in an attempt to uncover the truth. She analyzes the various advertising techniques used by candidates, attempting to show themselves in a more positive light than their opponents. Jamieson also provides her readers with many advertising strategies. For example, she explains that many advertisements attempt to impersonate the news, hoping to gain legitimacy. Kathleen Hall Jamieson (born November 24, 1946) is an American professor of communication and the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an author, most recently of Cyberwar, about how Russia very likely helped Donald J. Trump become the U.S. President in 2016. From 1971 to 1986, Jamieson served as a professor at the University of Maryland. She held the G. B. Dealey Regents Professorship at the University of Texas from 1986 to 1989, and served as the Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania from 1989 to 2003 and Director of its Annenberg Public Policy Center from 1993 to the present. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. First Printing. 24 cm, 301, illus. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 220 pages. Signed and dated by Jamieson on title page and just signed by Waldman on the title page. Lecture program where the authors discussed their book laid in. Includes Acknowledgment, Introduction, Conclusion, Notes, and Index. Chapters include The Press as Storyteller; The Press as Amateur Psychologist, Part I; The Press as Amateur Psychologist, Part II; The Press as Soothsayer; The Press as Shaper of Events; The Press as Patriot; and The Press as Custodian of Fact. How does the press fail us during presidential elections? Jamieson and Waldman show that when political campaigns side step or refuse to engage the facts of the opposing side, the press often fails to step into the void with the information citizens require to make sense of the political give-and-take. They look at the stories through which we understand political events--examining a number of fabrications that deceived the public about consequential governmental activies--and explore the ways in which political leaders and reporters select the language through which we talk and think about politics, and the relationship between the rhetoric of campaigns and the reality of governance. They explore the role of the campaigns and the press in the 2000 election, and ask whether in 2000 the press applied the same standards of truth-telling to both Bush and Gore. The events of election night and the thirty six days that followed revealed the role that preconceptions play in press interpretation and the importance of press frames in determining the tone of political coverage as well as the impact of overconfidence in polls. More
New York: W. Morrow, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 320, some sticker residue to DJ, some soiling and wear to DJ. More
Orlando: Harcourt Inc., 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 609, [1] pages. Illustrations. DJ has slight edge wear. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: For Beverly Walcoff, Best Wishes, Haynes Johnson, Sept 7, 2006. Includes Prologue, as well as sections on McCarthyism; The Past as Prologue; Dealing With a Demagogue; Prelude to Power; Witch Hunts; Judgment; and Legacy. Also includes Epilogue as well as About Sources; Source Notes; Bibliographical Notes; Acknowledgments; and Index. For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of American citizens. In this masterful history, Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis--of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not attack him; of the republican senators who cynically used McCarthy to win their own elections; of Edward R. Murrow, whose courageous TV broadcast began McCarthy's downfall; and of mild-mannered lawyer Joseph Welch, who finally shamed McCarthy into silence. Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for he believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we confront the ever more difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty. Compelling narrative history, insightful political commentary, and intimate personal remembrance combine to make The Age of Anxiety a vitally important book for our time. More
New York: Harcourt, Inc. [A James H. Silberman Book], 2001. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [4], 610 pages. Notes and Sources. Bibliography. Index. Some soiling to DJ, some wear to DJ edges. Signed by the author. Haynes Bonner Johnson (July 9, 1931 – May 24, 2013) was an American journalist, author, and television analyst. He reported on most of the major news stories of the latter half of the 20th century and was widely regarded as one of the top American political commentators. Johnson won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1966, for his coverage of the civil rights crisis in Selma, Alabama. The award marked the first time in Pulitzer Prize history that a father and son both received awards for reporting; his father, Malcolm Johnson, won in 1949 for the New York Sun series, "Crime on the Waterfront," which was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film, On the Waterfront. He was the author or editor of sixteen books, five of them bestsellers, including his work, co-authored with Washington Post political reporter Dan Balz, The Battle for America: 2008. Johnson also was a regular commentator on the PBS television shows Washington Week in Review and The News Hour. He held academic appointments at Duke University, Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University and served as the Knight chair of public affairs journalism at the University of Maryland from 1998 until 2013. More
New York: Harcourt, Inc. [A James H. Silberman Book], 2001. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, [4], 610 pages. Notes and Sources. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Dan Berman, a fellow Washington lead writer, Haynes Johnson Oct. 12, 2001 (Best of luck in your career.) This is believed to be the same individual who was the assistant managing editor for CNN Politics, leading the digital coverage of legal and justice issues, the Supreme Court, immigration and government agencies and policy. Berman came to CNN from National Journal, where he was assistant managing editor. Previously, he was the White House editor at POLITICO. He was also a senior reporter at Greenwire. Haynes Bonner Johnson (July 9, 1931 – May 24, 2013) was an American journalist, author, and television analyst. He reported on most of the major news stories of the latter half of the 20th century and was widely regarded as one of the top American political commentators. Johnson won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1966, for his coverage of the civil rights crisis in Selma, Alabama. He was the author or editor of sixteen books, five of them bestsellers, including his work, co-authored with Washington Post political reporter Dan Balz, The Battle for America: 2008. Johnson also was a regular commentator on the PBS television shows Washington Week in Review and The News Hour. He held appointments at Duke University, Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania and George Washington University and served as the Knight chair of public affairs journalism at the University of Maryland from 1998 until 2013. More
New York: Holt, c1988. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 255. More
Washington, DC: Progress Press, [1947]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 140 pages. Endpaper illus., large portions rear DJ missing. Inscribed by the author to Congressman Michael Leighten. More
Washington, DC: The American University, c. 1988. 3.25" x 8.5", 5, 9.5" x 8.5" sheet folded in thirds to form leaflet, illus., front cover creased. More
Toronto: Bantam, 1988. First Printing. 25 cm, 493, illus., notes, appendix, chronology, index. More
Toronto: Bantam, 1988. Third Printing. 25 cm, 493, illus., notes, appendix, chronology, index, some edge soiling, boards & spine somewhat worn & scuffed. More