Going Allen (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. ark my words, that little lady is going to own this town someday." And thirty years later, Anna almost does: as widow of amiable but foredoomed Senator Gordon Hastings of Texas- as columnist- as television personality- as major political figure- and abov (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Damage to front cover bottom right side of book.Anna Kowalczek arrived on Capitol Hill at the start of World War II, old Senator Seab Cooley of South Carolina predicted, "Mark my words, that little lady is going to own this town someday." And thirty years later, Anna almost does: as widow of amiable but foredoomed Senator Gordon Hastings of Texas-as columnist-as television personality-as major political figure-and above all as founder and publisher of the Washington Inquirer and head of a media empire that stretches from coast to coast. How Anna clawed her way to the top of the Washington heap from a modest Polish home in Punxsutawney, PA., is related in this engrossing novel of the Washington scene Allen Drury knows so well and has described so powerfully in his previous political novels. His tale of Anna, her rise and those who either successfully accompanied her or fell by the wayside is, as Seab Cooley also remarked, "some skeerazzle." Here you will meet the people who had to live with Anna and the four horsemen (or, as Anna would put it now, "horsepersons") who came as eager youngsters to the wild and wacky Washington of World War II and stayed to become some of the town's top journalists: Ed Macomb, the narrator, who serves loyally as managing editor of the Inquirer until Anna with the greatest love and reluctance slits his throat professionally and kicks him out- Fat and faithful Bessie Revere, who receives the same treatment yet also remains loyal- Talbot Farson, who survives Presidential enmity, a Congressional investigation and a dubious political past to retain his triumphant grip on the news as editor of the Inquirer- Unhappy Gordon Hastings, married to one of Washington's most ambitious women and eventually destroyed- Young Gordie and Lisa, Anna's children, the only two people their mother couldn't dominate. And, always, Anna herself, brilliant, ruthless, all-conquering-and yet somehow pathetic and vulnerable, likable and touching in spite of the whim-of-iron qualities that make her at the same time one of Washington's most successful women and one of its more formidable monsters.

Soft cover. Condition: Ex-library with Usual Faults. 1st Edition. Ex-library with usual labels, etc, but looks like it was never read, very clean and crisp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Wrappers. Condition: Good. Reprint. A good+ copy. Previous owner's name and date in ink atop the front cover (see scan), and a 1" circular stain at the base of pages 3 and 5, which affects the notes only, has bled through faintly to adjacent pages. The notes are still legible. Else unmarked. 12 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. The Killing of James H Clanton by David M Nelson 1871.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover with straight, secure spine, tight hinges, and clean interiors. Shelf wear as usual; pages toned due to age. Dust jacket in Fair condition with wear and bumping at the extremities. Moderate chipping along the spine and flap folds, and a small tear on the bottom back panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stamped on the front fly-leaf: "Review Copy University of Alabama Press. " Illustrated with black-and-white maps. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The previous owner (Dr. Ab Kirwan) has underlined and made marginal notes in pencil. The dust jacket is a bit dusty and the jacket spine panel is age-darkened. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. This is not an "on demand" printing. ; Maps; 8vo.; 256 pages.

GOING, Allen Johnston. Bourbon Democracy in Alabama, 1874-1890. University of Alabama Press, 1951. 1st ed. 8vo. ix, [1] 256 pp. Orig. cloth in d/j. Textblock edges are a trifle toned else near fine. Inscribed by Going on the front free endpaper.