Journals: 1952-2000 by Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M - 2007

New York: Penguin Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Ftrst Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Grey half cloth w/gilt titles, ivory boards, very clean and unmarked with whisper of wear to lower edge, spine heel cloth slightly compressed. Internals As New. Edited by his sons, Andrew and Stephen, these journals offer lucid observations on a half century of the public life of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., one of America's most distinguished men of letters. He was at the vital center of American political and cultural life for over a half century. Threaded with wit humor, and humanity, these entries offer an intimate history of postwar America (before the wars in the Middle East), from his days on Adalai Stevenson's campaign team to his years in the Kennedy inner circle to the election of george W. Bush. He has candid reminiscences of the Bay of Pigs, the assassinations of the 1960s, Vietnam, Watergate, the fall of the Soviet Union, Bush vs. Gore. An extraordinary window into the events and the lives of politicians, intellectuals, writers and actor of his day. 894 pages, indexed. 6.4 x 9.75 inches. 2007, Penguin Press, New York.