Polk's Folly: An American Family History
by William R. Polk
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385491506
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491501
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 2000 First Edition. Hardcover. Good. DJ. Inscribed by author "To Steve from R. Polk." Slightly bowed. 512p.
Synopsis
William R. Polk taught at Harvard and was later Professor of History at the University of Chicago, and he is the founder of the Adlai Stevenson Institute. In the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, he was a member of the Policy Planning Council of the State Department. He is the author of eleven books, including Passing Brave and Neighbors and Strangers , a seminal text on foreign affairs. A native of Texas, he now lives in the South of France.
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- Bookseller
- Shadyside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6456
- Title
- Polk's Folly: An American Family History
- Author
- William R. Polk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385491506
- ISBN 13
- 9780385491501
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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