Presidential Lottery
The Reckless Gamble in Our Electoral System
$32.50
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
8 March 2016
Summary
Classic Michener nonfiction, in trade paperback for the first time, featuring a new introduction by Steve Berry.
In this eye-opening nonfiction account, world-renowned author James A. Michener details the reckless gamble U.S. voters make every four years—trusting the electoral college. In 1968, Michener served as a presidential elector in Pennsylvania. What he witnessed that fall disturbed him so much that he felt compelled to expose the very real potential in this system for a grave …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812986822 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812986822 |
| Author: | James A. Michener, Steve Berry |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Dial Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 8 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 143mm x 14mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Clear, concise, and sensible … a thoughtful book on how Americans choose their President.” – The New York Times
“Clear, concise, and sensible … a thoughtful book on how Americans choose their President.”—The New York Times “An urgent appeal.”—Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
James A. Michener
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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