Great American Dreams (Inscribed to Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell, First Edition)

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Inscribed First Edition First Printing with an interesting -- and somewhat ironic -- association of this portrait of the character, beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives of ordinary but interesting Americans circa the late 1970s. Washington Post reporter Robert Kaiser and Newsweek reporter Jon Lowell forge their conclusions about the state of the American psyche from numerous and extended interviews of a Studs Terkel-esque variety with ordinary but colorful Americans in that most representative of American cities -- Las Vegas, Nevada. Interviews are conducted with among others "Kansas farmers, Detroit autoworkers, evangelists, nude showgirls, cosmetic surgeons and traveling salesman." They emerge with sunny conclusions that the citizenry is largely prosperous, contented and, believing in the American Dream. This viewpoint contrasts sharply with that of another journalist with a sociological eye who a few years previously saw a much different America in the same city in hs "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." And , President of the United States Jimmy Carter issued a famously dour assessment of the national mood in his July 1979 "malaise speech." Interestingly, this copy is inscribed by Robert Kaiser to President Carter's Press Secretary and adviser Jody Powell -- "For Jody Powell -a wise student of these matter , Robert G. Kaiser." The inscription is dated August 1979 --a few weeks too late to perhaps steer the President more toward Morning in America than malaise in America in the July address. Ultimately, while their methodology might seem a bit (okay, a lot) dubious, Kaiser and Lowell portray a mainstream America that, despite reports to the contrary, active, optimistic, individualistic and primed in the very near future to respond to the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan. 255 pages. The book has tanning at the top. The dust jacket is price clipped and has several short tears at the top. N° de ref. del artículo 008570

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