Description: THE AMERICANS by David Frost published by Stein and Day, New York, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. A fascinating collection of revealing and entertaining interviews of towering figures in American life by legendary broadcaster David Frost. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. The cover is a bit scuffed. The dust jacket is worn, stained, ripped, scuffed, has a few small tears, and has edge wear. There is glue residue from a price tag that used to be affixed to the front cover. There is a small stain on the bottom edge. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION. Contents: The Americans Need No Introduction The Craftsy Arts TRUMAN CAPOTE - When does a writer become a star? ORSON WELLES - Can a Martian survive by pretending to be a leading American actor? TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - Will God talk back to a playwright? LOUIS ARMSTRONG - What kind of lip do you expect from a trumpeter? MR. & MRS. ARTUR RUBINSTEIN - What kind of universal language is more popular than Esperanto? HELEN HAYES - How does it feel to be a First Lady longer than Eleanor Roosevelt? JON VOIGHT - What does a male hustler do for an encore? JOHNNY CARSON - How do you climb to the top of the tube without slipping? Social Questions, Pertinent and Impertinent SAMUEL LETBOWITZ - Should the death penalty be brought back quickly? WILLIE MORRIS - The South is a split infinitive trying to get together RALPH NADER - Can Don Quixote whip the telephone company into shape? RAMSEY CLARK - Is the Mafia a threat to national security? FULTON J. SHEEN - How do you justify the Church's stand on birth control? Race: Everybody Wins or Everybody Loses ADAM CLAYTON POWELL - What makes a white man black? LEROI JONES & JOHN AKAR - Is Democracy a white man's word? JESSE JACKSON - When whites are unemployed, it's called a depression BARRY GOLDWATER - If you were a black man, would you be a militant? JAMES BALDWIN - Are we on the edge of civil war? CARL STOKES - Will it be any different for Carl Stokes, Jr? Women in Revolt TI-GRACE ATKINSON & BENJAMIN SPOCK - Should women be put down? RAQUEL WELCH & CLARE BOOTHE LUCE - Are women more-or less-equal than men? Kids in Revolt CHET HUNTLEY - What do you think the kids want? PETER FONDA & DENNIS HOPPER - Are we all pushers? THE VICE PRESIDENT - Did Spiro Agnew have a youth? The Political Crafts JOE MCGINNISS and GERALD FORD - Should advertising men "sell" politicians, and if so, for how much? GEORGE MCGOVERN - Is it patriotic to want to pull out of Vietnam? BARRY GOLDWATER - Is Barry Goldwater a liberal? EUGENE MCCARTHY - What's an intellectual like you doing in a race like this? SPIRO AGNEW - What do you regret having said or done? ADAM CLAYTON POWELL - Who is the only American-black or white- who doesn't give a damn? Epilogue
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Book Title: THE AMERICANS
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Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Stein and Day
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: Book Club Edition
Vintage: Yes
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Publication Year: 1970
Type: Non-fiction
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1970s
Author: David Frost (1939 - 2013)
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Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: History, Nonfiction, Journalism, Media Studies, American History, Literature, Poetry & Criticism, Political Science, Non-fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Power, Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Right to a fair trial, civil rights, Women's rights, Feminism, Political activism, race & discrimination, political corruption, the power of the media, Religion, Truman Capote, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Carson, Benjamin Spock, Eugene McCarthy, Ralph Nader, James Baldwin, Raquel Welch, Carl Stokes, Tennesse Williams, Amiri Baraka, John Akar, Rev Jesse L. Jackson, Fulton J. Sheen, Samuel Leibowitz, Ti-Grace Atkinson, Americans, Journalism, Interviews
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