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It's also a guided tour through American governmental history from the beginning of the New Deal through the Reagan years.An entertaining book and a valuable history of the fifty years that have changed America, probably forever. To read this book is to revisit many of the greatest moments of late 20th-century American politics: its most colorful characters, its grandest triumphs, its most bitter ideological wars and crises. "John Aloysius Farrell's long, detailed and fascinating book is more than the definitive biography of a flawed but startlingly successful old-fashioned political leader.
Need a gift sooner Send an Amazon Gift Card instantly by email or SMS. ONeill and the Democratic Century, which won the D. He was the Washington editor of the Boston Globe and D.C. (2001) Hardcover: : Books Buy new: 44.86 List Price: 50.00 Details Save: 5.14 (10) 3.99 delivery December 22 - January 5. Farrell is the author of Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned. FARRELL wrote the acclaimed Tip ONeill and the Democratic Century. A garrulous legislative titan and rogue, he used the force of his personality to persuade his colleagues to work with him at a time when the government's role as a protector of society was changing dramatically. Tip O' Neill and the Democratic Century: A Biography 1st edition by Farrell, John A. When most modern political personas seem to be slick and elusive images fashioned by outside interests and partisan spinmasters, O'Neill's legacy endures as a champion of the common man who never forgot where he came from. Selected by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2001.
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