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Bezig met laden... While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politicsdoor William M. Bulger
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. finished during pandemic! ( ) I read this on the recommendation of David McCullough (1776, etc). I don't even know the man and I had certainly never heard of Bulger. But the more I read the more I was convinced that he would have been an amusing neighbor... and that, don't shoot me please!, there is really very little difference between party lines. The troubles and politicking of a life in politics are nicely spelled out here and, while I took everything he had to say with a grain of salt (he is, after all, unashamedly Irish, a lawyer, and a politician. Read the book. I'm not saying anything he didn't), he had some shrewd observations about the career path. A very high 3 stars. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
This memoir, by turns passionate and hilarious, recounts the colorful life of the man who has dominated Massachusetts state politics for more than a generation. William Bulger describes his childhood in a poor but lively and devoted family in heavily Irish South Boston - where he still lives - and his struggle for an education. He tells of his leadership when Boston was America's focal point in a fierce school busing crisis. He recounts power-brokering in one of the most independent and feisty state governments in the nation and writes about the inside game of politics in a way that invites comparison to Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah . He affectingly makes the case for the right of neighborhoods to preserve ancestral culture from efforts to stifle diverse traditions in a rootless age. This is a book for political aficionados everywhere. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)328.744Social sciences Political Science The legislative process North America Northeastern U.S. MassachusettsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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