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Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ
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Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ Hardcover - 2008

by Katzenbach, Nicholas deB

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As deputy attorney general under Bobby Kennedy and then attorney general for Lyndon Johnson, Katzenbach offers a unique perspective on the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other issues the nation faced throughout the 1960s and 70s. 16-page photo insert.

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 320 p. Illustrations. Index. This lively, intimate memoir vividly recalls the idealism of the Kennedy administration. As deputy attorney general under Robert Kennedy and then attorney general and under secretary of state for Lyndan Johnson, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach offers a unique perspective on the American issues of the day. "Some of It Was Fun" is by turns intensely dramatic and charmingly matter-of-fact. Engagingly, Katzenbach treats the reader to a ringside seat for his confrontation with segregationist governor George C. Wallace over the integration of the University of Alabama, his efforts to steer the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress and then his transition to the State Department, where he served at the centre of the storm over Vietnam. In the political climate of this American election season, "Some of It Was Fun" provides a refreshing reminder of the hopes and struggles of an earlier era.
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  • Title Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ
  • Author Katzenbach, Nicholas deB
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition. First printing [stated]
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 63341
  • ISBN 9780393067255 / 0393067254
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Officials and employees, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008017688
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 31
  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2008, Page 795
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2008, Page 75
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/28/2008, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/14/2008, Page 54

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