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His father, william jefferson blythe, had died in an auto accident several months before his mother, virginia cassidy blythe, gave birth to the future president. Cnn former president bill clinton said in a television interview sunday that his relationship with white house intern monica lewinsky was a terrible moral error. Signed at the second story bookshop, on december 23, 2006 near the home of the clintons. Bill clinton a life this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Discount prices on books by bill clinton, including titles like the arrogance of power. When youve followed bill clinton a little, then youll find it a good summary of the info you already knew. So here it is at nearly 1,000 pages and about 500,000 words the manifesto for bill clintons third, and most important, campaign.
Apr 12, 2017 new book on hillary clintons 2016 campaign suggests turmoil behind the scenes. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, who made the unlikely journey from hope, arkansas, to the white house. That book painted a the same picture of a harridan hillary who brutalized staff and had the mouth of a fishmongers wife besetting an irresponsible, but likeable, horndog, bill. Raised in the home of his grandmother, edith cassidy, bill s. Bill clinton william jefferson clinton, 1946, 42d president of the united states 19932001, b. Drawing on what i know about the job, life in the white.
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Bill clinton, my life signed us first dition hardback. In honor of national book lovers day, former president bill clinton took to social media on. His father died before he was born, and he was originally named william jefferson blythe 4th, but after his mother remarried, he assumed the surname of his stepfather. Its an axiom of marketing to sell the sizzle, not the steak. My life is a 2004 autobiography written by former president of the united states bill clinton, who left office on january 20, 2001. The parallel lives of bill clinton southeastern homepages. The book was published by the knopf publishing group and became a bestseller. Tomasky drew the assignment of squeezing the life and times of william jefferson clinton into a volume. Bills mother, virginia cassidy, left for new orleans after his birth to pursue a career in nursing.
True first edition, first printing with printing mistake on the last page of acknowledgments with for the failure of my life rather. Dustcover shows slight wear no tears tight spine bright pages illustrated with photos 957 pages president bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to. It took him over two years to write the book, written in longhand in sixteen. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his. Indeed, president bill clintons my life is a strikingly candid portrait of a global leader a life and career filled with enormous energy. An exhaustive, soulsearching memoir, bill clintons my life is a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother, teacher, father, husband, and. Certainly, clinton s memoir has the raw material for a blockbuster book. Hillary clinton is a violent and erratic psychopath. Bill clinton has put this book on a list of the books that have been the most influential in his life the list made by scholastic, the global childrens publishing, education and media company. Bill clinton, james patterson courting spielberg, clooney to. Jul 07, 2004 the ultimate abridgement of my life the ultimate abridgement of my life. My life by bill clinton read an excerpt from my life, former president bill clintons autobiography. The biggest book advances of all time celebrity net worth. To noted author larry mcmurtry, william jefferson clintons my life is, by a generous measure, the richest american presidential autobiographyno other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the united states for eight years new york times.
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