What It Takes The Way to the White House |
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Author:
| Cramer, Richard Ben |
Read by:
| Sellon-Wright, Keith |
ISBN: | 979-8-200-28656-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2021 |
Publisher: | Tantor Media, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Tantor Audio |
Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage,
What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race--and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart--Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...
More DescriptionAn American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race--and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart--Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.