The Resource Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
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The item Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist
- Part I. The striver
- Lives of great men remind us
- Pat and Dick
- The greenest congressman
- Rock 'em, sock 'em
- Checkers
- "El gringo tiene cajones"
- Jack
- Over the wall we go
- The new Nixon
- October surprise
- Part II. At the mountaintop
- "He loves being P!"
- Statesman and mad man
- "Need for joy"
- Silent majority
- The movie goer
- Hippies and hardhats
- Department of dirty tricks
- Father of the bride
- "Blow the safe"
- Part III. The fall
- Big plays
- Speak quietly
- Triumph and tragedy
- "An exciting prospect"
- Peace at last
- Ides of March
- Praying not to wake up
- Saturday Night Massacre
- "I hope I haven't let you down"
- "Richard! Wake up!"
- Elder statesman
- Epilogue: Rise again
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided
- Title
- Being Nixon
- Title remainder
- a man divided
- Statement of responsibility
- Evan Thomas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomas, Evan
- Dewey number
-
- 973.924092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E856
- LC item number
- .T48 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Presidents
- United States
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-591) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist -- Part I. The striver -- Lives of great men remind us -- Pat and Dick -- The greenest congressman -- Rock 'em, sock 'em -- Checkers -- "El gringo tiene cajones" -- Jack -- Over the wall we go -- The new Nixon -- October surprise -- Part II. At the mountaintop -- "He loves being P!" -- Statesman and mad man -- "Need for joy" -- Silent majority -- The movie goer -- Hippies and hardhats -- Department of dirty tricks -- Father of the bride -- "Blow the safe" -- Part III. The fall -- Big plays -- Speak quietly -- Triumph and tragedy -- "An exciting prospect" -- Peace at last -- Ides of March -- Praying not to wake up -- Saturday Night Massacre -- "I hope I haven't let you down" -- "Richard! Wake up!" -- Elder statesman -- Epilogue: Rise again
- Control code
- 1610997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2015009669
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1610997
- (OCoLC)904756092
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-591) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist -- Part I. The striver -- Lives of great men remind us -- Pat and Dick -- The greenest congressman -- Rock 'em, sock 'em -- Checkers -- "El gringo tiene cajones" -- Jack -- Over the wall we go -- The new Nixon -- October surprise -- Part II. At the mountaintop -- "He loves being P!" -- Statesman and mad man -- "Need for joy" -- Silent majority -- The movie goer -- Hippies and hardhats -- Department of dirty tricks -- Father of the bride -- "Blow the safe" -- Part III. The fall -- Big plays -- Speak quietly -- Triumph and tragedy -- "An exciting prospect" -- Peace at last -- Ides of March -- Praying not to wake up -- Saturday Night Massacre -- "I hope I haven't let you down" -- "Richard! Wake up!" -- Elder statesman -- Epilogue: Rise again
- Control code
- 1610997
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2015009669
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1610997
- (OCoLC)904756092
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