| K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist Contributor(s): Carlson, Peter (Author), Hillgartner, Malcolm (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433279681 ISBN-13: 9781433279683 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This hilarious account of Khrushchevs 1959 U.S. tour is also a supremely entertaining evocation of the history and atmosphere of Cold War America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 947.085 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.55 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Khrushchev's 1959 trip across America was one of the strangest exercises in international diplomacy ever conducted--"a surreal extravaganza," as one historian called it. Khrushchev told jokes, threw tantrums, sparked a riot in a San Francisco supermarket, wowed the coeds in a home-economics class in Iowa, and ogled Shirley MacLaine as she filmed a dance scene in Can-Can. He befriended and offended a cast of characters including Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the trip, K Blows Top is a work of history that reads like a Vonnegut novel. This cantankerous communist's road trip took place against the backdrop of the fifties in capitalist America, with the shadow of the hydrogen bomb hanging over his visit like the Sword of Damocles. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carlson, Peter: - Peter Carlson is a former journalist and feature writer for the Washington Post and People magazine. He is the author of Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood and co-author--with Hunter S. Thompson and George Plimpton, among others--of The Gospel According to ESPN. He lives in Rockville, Maryland. Hillgartner, Malcolm: -Malcolm Hillgartner is an actor, author, playwright, and professional narrator. Under the name Jahnna N. Malcolm, he and his wife, Jahnna Beecham, have written over one hundred books for young readers; their musicals have played in theaters across America. His audiobook credits include works by Dean Koontz, Nelson Algren, and William F. Buckley Jr. |