ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1965
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Art Buchwald - And Then I Told the President
Fawcett Crest, 1965
224 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
The Secret Papers of Art Buchwald

Open the book to any page and you`re sure to find a laugh. Art Buchwald- columnist, reconteur, bon vivant - is definetly `in` in Washington. Not only is his wife`s maid the second cousin of the girl married to the boy who delivers the White House Groceries, but Buchwald himself has more than once been takes for Pierre Salinger (from the rear). His views on the present administration have been so outspoken that, the last time buchwald attended a White House function, Lyndon didn`t as him to dance.

American humorist best known for his long-running column of political satire and commentary that he wrote in The Washington Post, which was syndicated in over 500 newspapers. He wrote more than 30 books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982. In 1991 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

When Art Buchwald came to Washington, the country was in a mess. Congress was dragging its feet, Pentagon morale was at a new low, the State Department was in chaos, the CIA was unable to function, the FBI could not solve any cases, the Budget Bureau had practically bankrupted the country and there was sex on every college campus.
Mr. Buchwald took one look at the nation and decided something had to be done. Although he was thirty-seven years old, an age when no one would have criticized him if he retired to his farm at Gettysburg, Mr. Buchwald chose to continue to serve his country.
In his famous tract, `The Conscience of a Columnist,` he spelled out his plan. He urged Congress to get on with its business, he told the Generals and Admirals in the Pentagon to stop quarreling, he made several personal visits to...


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