What It Takes: The Way to the White House

Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times...
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Author: Richard Ben Cramer
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Language: English
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What It Takes: The Way to the White House by Cramer, Richard Ben

What It Takes: The Way to the White House

$71.35

What It Takes: The Way to the White House

$71.35
Author: Richard Ben Cramer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous reporting and compelling, at times soaringly lyrical, prose. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.

Author: Richard Ben Cramer
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/01/1993
Pages: 1072
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.20w x 1.76d
ISBN: 9780679746492


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 07/06/2004 pg. 93
Publishers Weekly 05/03/1993

About the Author
Richard Ben Cramer's magazine articles have appeared in Rolling Stone and Esquire, and have been anthologized in Best American Essays. He is a recipient of the Puliter Prize for his work for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He died in 2013.

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