| The Making of the Prefident 1789: The Unauthorized Campaign Biography Contributor(s): Kitman, Marvin (Author), Cleese, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0802137350 ISBN-13: 9780802137357 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: Humorist Marvin Kitman argues that George Washington, the first president was the first American leader to ride his personal foibles into political greatness, and exposes Washington's weaknesses for social climbing and his relationships with the Founding Girlfriends. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Humor | Topic - Politics - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: 324.973 |
| LCCN: 00034115 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.49" W x 8.27" (0.89 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Washington was said to be First in War, First in Peace. In The Making of the President 1789, humorist Marvin Kitman argues that our first president was also the first American leader to ride his personal foibles to political greatness. Kitman lampoons the modern campaign insider books, asking: How is it possible that a man with no military experience becomes a general? He loses more battles than he wins and becomes a war hero? He has absolutely no political opinions in the most sophisticated intellectual period of our history? He has no ambitions, and he wins? Through careful research, Kitman exposes Washington's weaknesses for social climbing and high-stakes whist and his relationships with the Founding Girlfriends. |