Prince of Tennessee

Al Gore Meets His Fate

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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An expertly reported and insightful biography of Al Gore from Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Maraniss.After losing one of the closest American elections in years, Al Gore remains a fascinating political figure, a man both revered and reviled. Drawing on documents, letters, and interviews with more than three hundred people, including six lengthy conversations with the vice president, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima look closely at the forces that have shaped Gore's life and career to explore the man behind the contradictory public persona. Beginning with Gore's earliest years—when this son of a senator was torn between elite Washington and rural Tennessee—one is struck by the image of a young American prince burdened by expectations of his likely political fate. With a new afterword written after the election, The Prince of Tennessee depicts Gore as an intelligent and competent man whose struggles with self-doubt and insecurity made him one of our least understood presidential candidates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-06-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:342 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:9780743210508

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David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, and a trilogy about the 1960s—Rome 1960; Once in a Great City (winner of the RFK Book Prize); and They Marched into Sunlight (winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Pulitzer Finalist in History).

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Ben Macintyre The New York Times Book Review A fine, deep-mine biography...The authors come closer to the core Gore than any other biographies to date.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsONE The Long RoadTWO Prince of the FairfaxTHREE Lost and Found at HarvardFOUR The Tumultuous SummerFIVE The War at HomeSIX The ObligationSEVEN Private GoreEIGHT The "Sordid Crusade"NINE A Summer's TaleTEN The StingELEVEN Other LivesTWELVE The Son Shall RiseTHIRTEEN The Information ManFOURTEEN Bo Loses NancyFIFTEEN Hubris AlertSIXTEEN Reporting GoreSEVENTEEN Blown to SmithereensEIGHTEEN The New World WarNINETEEN Tipper's Everyday LifeTWENTY Two GuysTWENTY-ONE Being ThereEPILOGUE: The Struggle WithinNote on SourcesAcknowledgmentsIndex