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100 1 _aSchlesinger, Robert.
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245 1 0 _aWhite House ghosts :
_bpresidents and their speechwriters /
_cRobert Schlesinger.
246 3 0 _aPresidents and their speechwriters
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bSimon & Schuster Paperbacks,
_c2009, c2008.
300 _aviii, 581 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 495-558) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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".
520 _aEvaluates 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.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aRhetoric
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aPolitical oratory
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aSpeechwriting
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aSpeechwriters
_zUnited States
_vInterviews.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1933-1945.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-1989.
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
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