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Madam Speaker : Nancy Pelosi and the lessons of power
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- ISBN: 1538750694
- ISBN: 9781538750698
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Physical Description:
viii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Twelve, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-424) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: A change of plans -- Tommy the Elder and Big Nancy -- Welcome to America -- Little Nancy and the favor file -- Scandal -- A view of the Capitol -- "Proper preparation prevents poor performance" -- Runaway -- Sala -- Earthquake -- "I don't think these boys know how to win" -- War -- Leader -- Meltdown -- PelosiCare -- Back in the wilderness -- Pelosi v. Trump: round one -- The Speaker and the squad -- "You have come into my wheelhouse" -- The coronavirus campaign -- Epilogue: The lessons of power. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Etna Library | B PELOSI | 31257000288703 | Adult collection | Available | - |
Madam Speaker : Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
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Madam Speaker : Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The definitive biography of Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in American political history, written by New York Times bestselling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page. Featuring more than 150 exclusive interviews with those who know her best--and a series of in-depth, news-making interviews with Pelosi herself--MADAM SPEAKER is unprecedented in the scope of its exploration of Nancy Pelosi's remarkable life and of her indelible impact on American politics. Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D'Alesandro. Her father was a big-city mayor and her mother his political organizer; when she encourÂaged her young daughter to become a nun, Nancy told her mother that being a priest sounded more appealing. She didn't begin running for office until she was forty-six years old, her five children mostly out of the nest. With that, she found her calling. Nancy Pelosi has lived on the cutting edge of the revolution in both women's roles and in the nation's movement to a fiercer and more polarized politics. She has established herself as a crucial friend or forÂmidable foe to U.S. presidents, a master legislator, and an indefatigable political warrior. She took on the Democratic establishment to become the first female Speaker of the House, then battled rivals on the left and right to consolidate her power. She has soared in the sharp-edged inside game of politics, though she has struggled in the outside game--demonized by conservatives, second-guessed by progressives, and routinely underestimated by nearly everyone. All of this was preparation for the most historic challenge she would ever face, at a time she had been privately planning her retirement. When Donald Trump was elected to the White House, Nancy Pelosi became the Democratic counterpart best able to stand up to the disruptive president and to get under his skin. The battle between Trump and Pelosi, chronicled in this book with behind-the-scenes details and revelations, stands to be the titanic political struggle of our time.
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