TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Schlesinger,Robert
TI  - White House ghosts: presidents and their speechwriters 
SN  - 9780743291705 (pbk.)
AV  - E176.1 .S345 2009
PY  - 2009///, c2008
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Political oratory
KW  - Speechwriting
KW  - Speechwriters
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1933-1945
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-558) and index; 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, so, this is a speech -- I just want to talk to people" -- "The Troika"
N2  - 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
ER  -