Scorpion Tongues: Gossip Celebrity, and American Politics

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. viii, 322 p. Bibliography. Index. The author of this entertaining history of gossip cites a basic need to share information about others as the reason for humanity's rich history of gossip. Beginning in the 1800s, Collins examines rumors and lies about American presidents all the way up to Bill Clinton. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. Condition: Very good / very good.

Keywords: John Quincey Adams, Henry Ward Beecher, Celebrities, Grover Cleveland, Sex Scandals, Homosexuality, Infidelity, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Galt Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Kay Summersby, George McGovern, Edgar Hoover, Gary Hart, Warren Har

ISBN: 9780688149147

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