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02729aam a2200421Ia 4500 001 FE03224E0D1F11E2A71181E86AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121003010153 008 120107r20112010nyuach b 001 0deng 020 $a 0374235309 020 $a 9780374235307 020 $a 031261070X (pbk.) 020 $a 9780312610708 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)771400760 040 $a MRB $c MRB $d SILO $d SNM $d BDX $d KMS $d YDXCP $d SILO 043 $a n-us-dc 100 1 $a Feldstein, Mark Avrom. 245 1 $a Poisoning the press : $b Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture / $c Mark Feldstein. 246 30 $a Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture. 250 $a 1st Picador ed. 260 $a New York : $b Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2011, c2010. 300 $a xvi, 461 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill., ports., facs. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-440) and index. 505 0 $a Part I : Beginnings -- The Quaker and the Mormon -- Part II : Rise to Power -- Washington Whirl -- Bugging and Burglary -- Comeback -- Part III : Power -- The President and the Columnist -- Revenge -- Vietnam -- The Anderson Papers -- Sex, Spies, Blackmail -- Cat and Mouse -- Brothers -- "Destroy This" -- From Burlesque to Grotesque -- "Kill Him" -- Watergate -- Disgrace -- Part IV : Endings -- Final years -- Epilogue. 520 $a Recounts the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar era's most contentious politician and its most rivaled newsman. The struggle between Richard Nixon and Jack Anderson included bribery, blackmail, burglary, spying, and sexual smears- even a White House plot to assassinate Anderson. In this riveting, real-life political drama, Mark Feldstein traces the arc of this confrontation between a vindictive president and a flamboyantly crusading muckraker. $c Book jacket. 600 10 $a Nixon, Richard M. $q (Richard Milhous), $d 1913-1994 $x Relations with journalists. 600 10 $a Anderson, Jack, $d 1922-2005. 650 0 $a Press and politics $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $x Press coverage $z United States $v Case studies. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1969-1974. 650 0 $a Political corruption $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political culture $z Washington (D.C.) $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Journalists $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140715010545.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FE03224E0D1F11E2A71181E86AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search