RFK; Collected Speeches

New York: Viking, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xiv, [1], 434 pages. Appendix. Notes. Sources. Index. Inscribed on fep by Rick Allen. Another inscription relating to 'fighting the good fight' on fep. Edwin O. Guthman (August 11, 1919 - August 31, 2008) was an American journalist and university professor. While at the Seattle Times, he won the paper's first Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1950. Guthman was third on Richard Nixon's "Enemies List." He was a reporter for the Seattle Star, and The Seattle Times. His articles provided evidence that the Washington State Un-American Activities Committee suppressed evidence that cleared University of Washington professor Melvin Rader of false charges of being a Communist. In 1961, he was tapped by Attorney General Robert Kennedy to be his press secretary. He later served Kennedy in a similar position for one year when Robert Kennedy became U.S. Senator from New York in 1965. As a result of his work with Kennedy, he was third on Nixon's Enemies List. He was the national editor for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1977 and then the editorial page editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer (1977-1987). He was a senior lecturer at the USC Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, where he had been a professor since 1987. He retired in 2007. Rick Allen is a media and technology executive and has been a speechwriter, fundraiser, and state campaign manager for several presidential and Senate candidates. He also served as Deputy Assistant to President Clinton, helping to create AmeriCorps. A collection of speeches by Robert F. Kennedy, arranged chronologically, are woven together with a narrative that places them in global and national context and are illustrated with pages of photographs. RFK's voice is as relevant today as it was when he first spoke out on individual responsibility, personal courage, and compassion for those less fortunate. This collection of his eloquent speeches, published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of RFK's death. A first printing of only 30,000 was reported. No information regarding any additional printings. Due to the passage of more than a quarter century, a number of copies are assumed to have been lost/destroyer or are no longer available. Copies signed by one or another of the editiors are deemed rare.