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This Country : my life in politics and history / Chris Matthews.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xi, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982134846 (hardcover)
  • 1982134844 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN 4874 M439t 2021
Contents:
Introduction Irish enough God's country A trip to Washington Were were the kids who hid under our desks Catholic school back then Kennedy vs. Nixon La Salle Holy Cross Chapel Hill Montreal Swaziland African mysteries Capitol Hill US Capitol police officer Senate legislative assistant Miami First campaign Freelance Brooklyn Running anyway Back to Washington Jimmy Carter Kathleen Presidential speechwriter Scramble Tip O'Neill Writer San Francisco White House dinner Hungary Berlin wall A boomer as president A farewell in North Cambridge Bringing down apartheid Television Mom Clinton redux Good Friday Millennial Attack on a September morning A war of our choosing Barack Obama Duel A funeral in Rome Thrill Kathleen Matthews for Congress Trump Hardball This country
Summary: "In This Country, Chris Matthews offers a panoramic portrait of post-World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country. Raised in a large Irish-Catholic family in Philadelphia at a time when kids hid under their desks in atomic war drills, Chris's life etched a pattern: take a leap, live an adventure, then learn what it means. As a young Peace Corps graduate, Chris moved to DC and began knocking on doors on Capitol Hill. With dreams of becoming what Ted Sorensen had been for Jack Kennedy, Chris landed as a staffer to Utah Senator Frank Moss, where his eyes were opened to the game of big-league politics. In the 1970s, Matthews mounted a campaign for Congress as a Democratic maverick running against Philadelphia's old political machine. He didn't win the most votes, but his grit put him on the path to a top job in the White House. As a speechwriter for President Carter, Matthews witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of that administration; from the diplomatic brilliance of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty to the disaster of the Iran hostage crisis. After Carter's defeat, Chris became chief of staff to legendary Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, a perch that gave him an on-the-job PhD in American politics during the Reagan years. Chris then leapt to the other side of the political matrix as a columnist and reporter. For the San Francisco Examiner, he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa, the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and every American presidency from Reagan to George W. Bush. Chris would go on to pioneer cable news with a fast-paced, no-nonsense television program. His show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, would become a political institution for twenty years. As Chris charts his political odyssey, he paints an energetic picture of a nation searching for its soul. He reflects with grace and wisdom, showcasing the grand arc of the American story through one life dedicated to its politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index

Introduction
Irish enough
God's country
A trip to Washington
Were were the kids who hid under our desks
Catholic school back then
Kennedy vs. Nixon
La Salle
Holy Cross
Chapel Hill
Montreal
Swaziland
African mysteries
Capitol Hill
US Capitol police officer
Senate legislative assistant
Miami
First campaign
Freelance
Brooklyn
Running anyway
Back to Washington
Jimmy Carter
Kathleen
Presidential speechwriter
Scramble
Tip O'Neill
Writer
San Francisco
White House dinner
Hungary
Berlin wall
A boomer as president
A farewell in North Cambridge
Bringing down apartheid
Television
Mom
Clinton redux
Good Friday
Millennial
Attack on a September morning
A war of our choosing
Barack Obama
Duel
A funeral in Rome
Thrill
Kathleen Matthews for Congress
Trump
Hardball
This country

"In This Country, Chris Matthews offers a panoramic portrait of post-World War II America through the story of his remarkable life and career. It is a story of risk and adventure, of self-reliance and service, of loyalty and friendship. It is a story driven by an abiding faith in our country. Raised in a large Irish-Catholic family in Philadelphia at a time when kids hid under their desks in atomic war drills, Chris's life etched a pattern: take a leap, live an adventure, then learn what it means. As a young Peace Corps graduate, Chris moved to DC and began knocking on doors on Capitol Hill. With dreams of becoming what Ted Sorensen had been for Jack Kennedy, Chris landed as a staffer to Utah Senator Frank Moss, where his eyes were opened to the game of big-league politics. In the 1970s, Matthews mounted a campaign for Congress as a Democratic maverick running against Philadelphia's old political machine. He didn't win the most votes, but his grit put him on the path to a top job in the White House. As a speechwriter for President Carter, Matthews witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of that administration; from the diplomatic brilliance of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty to the disaster of the Iran hostage crisis. After Carter's defeat, Chris became chief of staff to legendary Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, a perch that gave him an on-the-job PhD in American politics during the Reagan years. Chris then leapt to the other side of the political matrix as a columnist and reporter. For the San Francisco Examiner, he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa, the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and every American presidency from Reagan to George W. Bush. Chris would go on to pioneer cable news with a fast-paced, no-nonsense television program. His show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, would become a political institution for twenty years. As Chris charts his political odyssey, he paints an energetic picture of a nation searching for its soul. He reflects with grace and wisdom, showcasing the grand arc of the American story through one life dedicated to its politics"-- Provided by publisher.

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