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Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
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Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver Hardcover - 2004

by Scott Stossel

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Stossel, through complete access to Sargent Shriver and his family, renders the story of his colorful life in cinematic detail--from his monumental achievements such as founding the Peace Corps and the Special Olympics, to marrying a Kennedy.

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  • Title Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver
  • Author Scott Stossel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 761
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Smithsonian Books, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Date May 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOS-T-08c-01140
  • ISBN 9781588341273 / 1588341275
  • Weight 2.68 lbs (1.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.36 x 2.08 in (23.72 x 16.15 x 5.28 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Political
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004041661
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

Scott Stossel is a senior editor at Atlantic Monthly. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and other publications. A frequent commentator on NPR, the BBC, and CNN, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Media reviews

“In this lengthy but lively biography, the journalist Scott Stossel explains in exhaustive detail how Shriver translated vague mandates to found an international service program and wage war on poverty into the creation of some of the most successful social programs of the past half-century.”—Washington Post

“Required reading for anyone interested in the political affairs of 20th-century America and the story of the Kennedy dynasty.”—Robert Dallek, author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

“This is a superbly researched, immensely readable political biography.”—Publishers Weekly

“A careful and capable portrait, of much interest to advocates of an activist, beneficent government and students of the Kennedy era alike.”—Kirkus

Citations

  • Commonweal, 07/16/2004, Page 27
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2004, Page 320
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2004, Page 103
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/22/2004, Page 75

About the author

Scott Stossel is a senior editor at Atlantic Monthly. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and other publications. A frequent commentator on NPR, the BBC, and CNN, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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