Title White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters / Robert Schlesinger.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E176.1 .S345 2008	Available	---

Edition	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description	viii, 581 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	"From FDR to George W. Bush"--Jacket.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-558) and index.
Summary	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.
Subject	Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Presidents.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
	Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Political oratory.
	Speechwriting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Speechwriting.
	Speechwriters -- United States -- Interviews.
	Speechwriters.
Genre/Form	Interviews.
Subject	United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	1933-1945
Subject	United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Chronological Term	1945-1989
Subject	United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Chronological Term	1989-
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Interviews.
Added Title	Presidents and their speechwriters
ISBN	9780743291699
	0743291697