| What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era Contributor(s): Noonan, Peggy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812969898 ISBN-13: 9780812969894 Publisher: Random House Trade OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: As a special assistant to the president, Peggy Noonan worked with Ronald Reagan, and with Vice President George H. W. Bush, on some of their most famous and memorable speeches. In her thoroughly engaging and critically acclaimed memoir, Noonan shows us the world behind the words. Her sharp and vivid portraits of the Reagans, Bush, and a host of Washington's movers and shakers are rendered in inimitable, witty prose. And her priceless account of what it was like to be a speechwriter among bureaucrats, and a woman in the last bastion of male power, makes this a Washington memoir that breaks the mold--as spirited, sensitive, and thoughtful as Peggy Noonan herself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003283143 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.6" W x 7.92" (0.63 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the hundredth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth comes the twentieth-anniversary edition of Peggy Noonan's critically acclaimed bestseller What I Saw at the Revolution, for which she provides a new Preface that demonstrates this book's timeless relevance. As a special assistant to the president, Noonan worked with Ronald Reagan--and with Vice President George H. W. Bush--on some of their most memorable speeches. Noonan shows us the world behind the words, and her sharp, vivid portraits of President Reagan and a host of Washington's movers and shakers are rendered in inimitable, witty prose. Her priceless account of what it was like to be a speechwriter among bureaucrats, and a woman in the last bastion of male power, makes this a Washington memoir that breaks the mold--as spirited, sensitive, and thoughtful as Peggy Noonan herself. |