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02526ctm a2200409Ia 4500 001 5839467082AA11DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100405092921 008 090211t20092008nyua b 001 0deng d 020 $a 0743291700 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780743291705 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)302412641 040 $a MZF $c MZF $d SILO $d IOK $d SILO 050 4 $a E176.1 $b .S345 2009 100 1 $a Schlesinger, Robert. 245 1 $a White House ghosts : $b presidents and their speechwriters / $c Robert Schlesinger. 246 30 $a Presidents and their speechwriters 260 $a New York, NY : $b Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, $c 2009, c2008. 300 $a viii, 581 p., 16 p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-558) and index. 505 0 $a 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". 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Rhetoric $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political oratory $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Speechwriting $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Speechwriters $z United States $v Interviews. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1989- 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780743291705 941 $a 2 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611011923.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20100405101520.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5839467082AA11DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search