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BL
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880580
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Schlesinger, Robert.
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| Title & Author
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White House ghosts : : presidents and their speechwriters /\ Robert Schlesinger.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Simon & Schuster,, ©2008.
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viii, 581 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0743291697
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: 0743291700
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: 9780743291699
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: 9780743291705
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| Notes
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"From FDR to George W. Bush"--Jacket.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-558) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: The coming of the "literary clerk" -- "Grace, take a law" -- "Missouri English" -- "Sometimes you sure get tired of all this clackety-clack" -- The age of Sorensen -- "Now that's what I call a news lead" -- "Concern for image must rank with concern for substance" -- "Go back and give me one speech, not two speeches" -- "Don't give any explanation. Just say I cancelled the damn speech" -- The musketeers -- "I'm not going to dance on the Berlin Wall" -- "No, no, no, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika."
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| Abstract
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Evaluates the relationships between modern presidents and their speechwriters and offers insight into the agendas behind some of history's most famous addresses, in an account that traces the careers of such figures as Ted Sorensen, Peggy Noonan, and William Safire.
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Europäische Gemeinschaften
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USA; Präsident.
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Political oratory-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Presidents-- United States, Biography.
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Presidents-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Rhetoric-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Speechwriters-- United States, Interviews.
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Speechwriting-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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American speeches-- History and criticism.
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Ghostwriter
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Ghostwriter.
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Political oratory.
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Politics and government
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Presidents-- United States-- History.
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Presidents.
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Rhetoric-- Political aspects-- History.
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Rhetoric-- Political aspects.
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Speechwriters.
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Speechwriting.
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United States-- Politics and government.
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United States, Politics and government, 1933-1945.
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United States, Politics and government, 1945-1989.
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United States, Politics and government, 1989-
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.09/9
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| LC Classification
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E176.1.S345 2008
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| Parallel Title
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Presidents and their speechwriters
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