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Bill Clinton: An American Journey
Nigel Hamilton
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Description for Bill Clinton: An American Journey
Paperback. Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American bestseller charts for months, in this new biography of Bill Clinton. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 530. 784pp
Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American bestseller charts for months, in this new biography of Bill Clinton. Born into a 'white trash' family in backwoods, racially segregated Arkansas, he suffered under an alcoholic, violent stepfather, on one occasion having to fight him physically in order to protect his mother. As a youth he would become inspired by the civil rights movement, particularly Martin Luther King, and as a ... Read more
Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American bestseller charts for months, in this new biography of Bill Clinton. Born into a 'white trash' family in backwoods, racially segregated Arkansas, he suffered under an alcoholic, violent stepfather, on one occasion having to fight him physically in order to protect his mother. As a youth he would become inspired by the civil rights movement, particularly Martin Luther King, and as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
816
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099461425
SKU
KLN0023378
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About Nigel Hamilton
Nigel Hamilton was born in 1944, and studied history at Cambridge University. His first major biography, The Brothers Mann, was critically acclaimed both in Britain and the USA, and widely translated. Monty, his first 3-volume official life of Field Marshal Montgomery, won the Whitbread Award for Biography and the Templar medal. JFK; Reckless Youth was a bestseller ... Read more
Reviews for Bill Clinton: An American Journey
Nigel Hamilton's fascinating portrait...demonstrates how the private life of a charismatic president can be incorporated within a serious biography that is compellingly readable
Sunday Telegraph
I was gripped-a superbly researched work
Michael Portillo, Daily Express
A prodigious amount of research - the most complete portrait yet of the formative years [of Clinton]
Sunday Express
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Sunday Telegraph
I was gripped-a superbly researched work
Michael Portillo, Daily Express
A prodigious amount of research - the most complete portrait yet of the formative years [of Clinton]
Sunday Express
... Read more