BERG, A. Scott. [Woodrow Wilson].
Wilson.
First edition of A. Scott Berg's Wilson; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013.
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First edition of Berg's best-selling biography of Woodrow Wilson. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "For my old friend Bill - whose friendship just keeps meaning more and more to me - with unceasing affection Scott October 1, 2013 Chicago." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephen Brayada.
"Berg gives Wilson a fresh look, restoring him to the place he occupied — the idealist in politics" (Boston Globe). "The best single-volume presidential biography since David McCullough's Truman" (The Australian).
Wilson.
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