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Inventing Al Gore : a biography, Bill Turque

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Summary
"Inventing Al Gore unveils the motivations, ideals, and idiosyncracies of one of Washington's most inscrutable men. Bill Turque, who covered both of Gore's vice presidential campaigns and the Clinton White House, draws on extensive access to Gore's key advisers, friends, and family. He unmasks a man who in private can sing and dance to George Strait's music but in public measures every comment and gesture with legendary caution. As Turque details, Gore's great political albatross - a lack of empathy - was hatched during his lonely childhood as the product of ambitious political parents who groomed him for the presidency. Turque's keen analysis also uncovers the genesis of Gore's questionable fund-raising and of a political platform laden with worthy but emotionally safe planks such as bioethics, global warming, and the Internet. In addition, Inventing Al Gore illuminates how personal tragedies have shaped his political life and the influence that women, from his mother to Naomi Wolf, have had on his career."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiv, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Carthage Campaigner
  • Bland Ambition
  • Strange Blend
  • Lyric Opera
  • The Warm Puppy Principle
  • Rolling Alamo
  • Into the Ashes
  • Gore in the Balance
  • The Dowry
  • Double Date
  • Prologue: Nashville, November 3, 1970
  • Veep
  • To the Edge and Back
  • Moneychangers in the Temple
  • "One of Our Greatest Presidents"
  • Epilogue: Separation Anxiety
  • "Well, Mr. Gore, Here He Is"
  • Never an Unhappy Noise
  • Al Gorf
  • "Gore, Albert A."
  • Men on Horseback
  • Saving Private Gore
  • "I Must Become My Own Man"
Isbn
9780395883235
Instance
Label
Inventing Al Gore : a biography
Title
Inventing Al Gore
Title remainder
a biography
Statement of responsibility
Bill Turque
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Inventing Al Gore unveils the motivations, ideals, and idiosyncracies of one of Washington's most inscrutable men. Bill Turque, who covered both of Gore's vice presidential campaigns and the Clinton White House, draws on extensive access to Gore's key advisers, friends, and family. He unmasks a man who in private can sing and dance to George Strait's music but in public measures every comment and gesture with legendary caution. As Turque details, Gore's great political albatross - a lack of empathy - was hatched during his lonely childhood as the product of ambitious political parents who groomed him for the presidency. Turque's keen analysis also uncovers the genesis of Gore's questionable fund-raising and of a political platform laden with worthy but emotionally safe planks such as bioethics, global warming, and the Internet. In addition, Inventing Al Gore illuminates how personal tragedies have shaped his political life and the influence that women, from his mother to Naomi Wolf, have had on his career."--BOOK JACKET
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Turque, Bill
Dewey number
973.929/092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E840.8.G65
LC item number
T87 2000
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Presidential candidates
  • Vice-Presidents
  • Gore, Al
Label
Inventing Al Gore : a biography, Bill Turque
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [430]-432) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Carthage Campaigner
  • Bland Ambition
  • Strange Blend
  • Lyric Opera
  • The Warm Puppy Principle
  • Rolling Alamo
  • Into the Ashes
  • Gore in the Balance
  • The Dowry
  • Double Date
  • Prologue: Nashville, November 3, 1970
  • Veep
  • To the Edge and Back
  • Moneychangers in the Temple
  • "One of Our Greatest Presidents"
  • Epilogue: Separation Anxiety
  • "Well, Mr. Gore, Here He Is"
  • Never an Unhappy Noise
  • Al Gorf
  • "Gore, Albert A."
  • Men on Horseback
  • Saving Private Gore
  • "I Must Become My Own Man"
Control code
42888106
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780395883235
Lccn
99058523
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Inventing Al Gore : a biography, Bill Turque
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [430]-432) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Carthage Campaigner
  • Bland Ambition
  • Strange Blend
  • Lyric Opera
  • The Warm Puppy Principle
  • Rolling Alamo
  • Into the Ashes
  • Gore in the Balance
  • The Dowry
  • Double Date
  • Prologue: Nashville, November 3, 1970
  • Veep
  • To the Edge and Back
  • Moneychangers in the Temple
  • "One of Our Greatest Presidents"
  • Epilogue: Separation Anxiety
  • "Well, Mr. Gore, Here He Is"
  • Never an Unhappy Noise
  • Al Gorf
  • "Gore, Albert A."
  • Men on Horseback
  • Saving Private Gore
  • "I Must Become My Own Man"
Control code
42888106
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780395883235
Lccn
99058523
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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