Episode · Pod Save America · 2020-07-02
Books mentioned on Pod Save America 4th of July Mailbag
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Vanishing Half
Discussed“so I am I just finished the vanishing half by print Bennett which was a I just okay I just started it”
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Eileen
Discussed“but she is a American author who wrote a book called Eileen that won a lot of awards a few years ago”
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Nixonland
John Favreau discussed Rick Perlstein's book Nixonland during an episode of Pod Save America titled Pod Save America 4th of July Mailbag, released on July 2, 2020.
Recommended“I know dan you and Tommy both read this which is why I am Nixon land by Rick Pearlstein”
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These Truths
These Truths by Jill Lepore is a comprehensive, critically acclaimed one-volume history of the United States that examines the nation's founding ideals alongside its complex realities.
Recommended“I've been reading I've been trudging my way through long book and long book long book for me and also these truths by Jill Lepore is an outstanding history of America that I would recommend to anyone I've been reading that as well”
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What It Takes
What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer is a sweeping journalistic account of the 1988 United States presidential election that follows several candidates on the campaign trail.
Recommended“they're sort of like three books that have been read by every person who writes about American politics who covers Merah politics every politician is read Richard Ben Kramer is what it takes which the sort of the MOT the First's all of the inside the room like glorification of strategists like campaign trail books that are you know we”
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S.
Recommended“the fear and loathing on the campaign trail Hunter s Thompson spoke about the 1972 presidential campaign”
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S.
Recommended“the fear and loathing on the campaign trail Hunter s Thompson spoke about the 1972 presidential campaign”
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The Boys on the Bus
The Boys on the Bus by Timothy Crouse is a classic piece of journalistic non-fiction that chronicles the lives and methods of the reporters who covered the 1972 presidential campaign.
Recommended“and then you know Timothy Kraus is boys on the bus about the how about the reporters covering then 72 election is sort of helps us helps you understand the modern how we got to the place where we've been covering campaigns like sports for decades now”
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a deeply researched historical account that chronicles the Great Migration of millions of Black Americans out of the American South and into northern and western cities.
Recommended“one is the warmth of other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson which is about the great migration and the other one is Republic of suffering which is by drew Gilpin Faust”
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This Republic of Suffering
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust is a historical examination of how the American Civil War profoundly altered the nation's relationship with death, mourning, and mortality.
Recommended“one is the warmth of other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson which is about the great migration and the other one is Republic of suffering which is by drew Gilpin Faust that is about the effect the Civil War had on the country because of the tremendous trauma”
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