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I am a square, richard nixon told a journalist towards the end of his life, drawing a square in the air with his. Attorney for the damned, a biography of americas greatest defense attorney, and of tip oneill and the democratic. The memoirs of richard nixon, the first of ten books he was to author in his retirement. Intelligent, shrewd, and possessing a keen sense of the public mood, nixo. Farrells new biography of richard nixon contains a bombshell about nixons interference in a vietnam peace deal and thats just. The life is an expertly written and strikingly comprehensive portrait of americas most complicated president. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Richard nixon, portrait of a thinskinned, mediahating president. John aloysius farrell is the author of richard nixon. Farrell, author of two wellreceived biographies one of clarence darrow. Farrell substantiates the charges of nixons treachery with a. Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prizewinning b. Farrell wraps it up with an account of richard nixons successful postpolitical career.
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