With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- through the chronicle of a powerful family's fortunes -- one of the great political dramas of our time.
Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle. - Ronald Steel
Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.
- Ronald Steel
Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike. - Ronald Steel
Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike.
Children, for whom suburban life was supposed to make wholesome little Johns and Wendys, became the acid-dropping, classroom-burning hippies of the 1… - Ronald Steel
Children, for whom suburban life was supposed to make wholesome little Johns and Wendys, became the acid-dropping, classroom-burning hippies of the 1…
With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- throu… - Ronald Steel
With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- throu…
Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and glea… - Ronald Steel
Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and glea…
We falter from childhood amidst shames and fears, we move in closed spaces where stale tradition enervates, we grow hysterical over success and failu… - Ronald Steel
We falter from childhood amidst shames and fears, we move in closed spaces where stale tradition enervates, we grow hysterical over success and failu…
There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff,… - Ronald Steel
There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff,…
Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the… - Ronald Steel
Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the…
Heroes come along when you need them. - Ronald Steel
Heroes come along when you need them.
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