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Adlai Stevenson and the World: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson
by Martin, John Bartlow
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Prior owner had inked margin comments on at least 3 pages. Otherwise, clean, wel
- ISBN 10
- 0385121792
- ISBN 13
- 9780385121798
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Garden City NY.: Doubleday Books., 1977. First edition. Stated First Edition, no print line.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Prior owner had inked margin comments on at least 3 pages. Otherwise, clean, well-bound, crisp text pages.. 1 Red woven cloth over spine, tan cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Deckled outside page block. 946 p. 24 cm. B&W photo plate sections. Sources. Index. Audience: General/trade. Statesman Adlai Ewing Stevenson, b.1900-d.1965, of Libertyville, Illinois, toward the end of his life, had been Governor in 1948 after involvement in his state's politics since 1930. In 1952, his bid for the Presidency failed. Many lauded him as a campaigner of high intellect and class. Other election bids also failed. Touring internationally, writing and speaking followed. He continued to be a national personality, building his base, while becoming more involved in foreign affairs. His leadership was strong in the developing eras of John F Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Baines Johnson's Great Society, and as Ambassador to the United Nations. Posthumously, the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs in Chicago's Robie House became a research organization for fellowship recipients with links to a consortium of colleges, in recent years under the University of Chicago umbrella.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.US1720010705
- Title
- Adlai Stevenson and the World: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson
- Author
- Martin, John Bartlow
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Prior owner had inked margin comments on at least 3 pages. Otherwise, clean, wel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated First Edition, no print line.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385121792
- ISBN 13
- 9780385121798
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City NY.
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Leadership: JFK, LBJ, UN eras|High intellect and class|Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs
- Bookseller catalogs
- US History & American Studies;
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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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