Convention books and American character in print
Richard Reeves critiques the 1976 Democratic convention and its offstage details while praising Harrison Salisbury Max Apple and others for broader portraits of American life. The review notes Reeves focuses on sites and media tricks, neglecting Carter’s nomination dynamics, and contrasts it with Salisbury and Apple offering sharper social commentary.
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America
Richard Reeves
New York City
Jimmy Carter
Reeves
New York
Madison Square Garden
Mondale
Carter
Harrison Salisbury
Salisbury
Russia
China
New England
Nandaigua
Harcourt
Bruce Jovanovich
Harrison E. Salisbury
Walker
Max Apple
Grossman-Viking
William E. Maloney
Grosset & Dunlap
Apple
Howard Johnson
Wisconsin Civil War Era History by Dr Richard Current
Dr Richard N Current UNC Greens professor publishes The History of Wisconsin The Civil War Era, covering 1848 to 1873. He notes political corruption mob violence and social turbulence, highlighting 1855 governorship fraud and Wisconsin's early statehood pains.
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UNCG
Richard N
Wisconsin
Greensboro
Richard N. Current
University of North Carolina At Greensprint
Dr. Current
State Supreme Court
Current
William F. Allen
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Lincoln
University of Wisconsin
University of Oxford
Unc-G
O. Max Gardner
University of North Carolina
State Historical Society
Discovered By Caldwell Gems Of Middle America
Erskine Caldwell uses a summer motor trip across the Midwest to explore the land of longer shadows along the Mississippi. He travels from Arkansas to Minnesota and to the Dakotas and Oklahoma visiting diverse towns and people, presenting a reflective, thinker’s travelogue rather than a guide.
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Erskine Caldwell
Dodd, Mead
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Caldwell
Great River
Arkansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Iola
Kansas
Tulsa
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THE
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Women’s College
ROOT
Taylor Caldwell
Doubleday
Alex Haley
Trinity
Leon Uris
Gail Sheehy
Dutton
Clive Cussler
Viking
Joan Dean
Simon and Schuster
Mary Stewart
Morrow
Dolores
Wayne W. Dyer
Funk & Wagnalls
Jacqueline Susann
Erma Bombeck
McGraw-Hill
Agatha Christie
Blood & Money
Thomas Thompson
Paul E. Erdman
Sere Hite
Macmillan
Joyce Haber
Delacorte
Leon Jaworski
Reader's Digest Press
Gulf
Storm W 16 Publishing Co
Jack Higgins
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Adolf Hitler
John Toland
Pride OF the Peacock
Victoria Holt
Raymond A. Moody, Jr
Stackpole
iEee
Water’s Edge
Wellington Ward
Ward Nichols
Wagner
Church Ave
Wagner Tire Sales
Wea
Longhorn
Coliseum
SUN
Winston-Salem Coliseum
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Middle America
North Dakota
Rochester
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Guilford Enterprises
Thomasville Road
High Point
North Carolina
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