Sidney Blumenthal
1) This Town
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In this work of political satire, journalist and playwright Sidney Blumenthal presents an original look at the Washington Press Corps, a press group who behave more like the paparazzi than journalists.
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"The first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius--from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as 'a slave, ' to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln. From his youth as a 'newsboy, ' a voracious newspaper reader, Lincoln became a free thinker, reading...