American Politics and Political Humor

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Political Humor

By James Finn Garner. 1994, Macmillan, 78pp. (Fine in Fine DJ)

By James Finn Garner. 1997, Simon & Schuster, 174pp. Satire of New Age and end-of-millennium claims, by the author of "Politically Correct Betime Stories.". (Fine in Near Fine DJ. Discreet remainder mark at bottom.)

By Robert Saffron. 1956 (1967), Pocket Book, 191pp, 7x4". "A wildly ingenious and delightfully satirical novel about Washington". (Good)

By Christopher Buckley. 1986 (1987), Penguin, 7x4". Satire. About a mythical "Tucker Adminstration" that followed the Reagan Administration in 1989-1993. (Good)

By Theodore H. White. 1982, Harper & Row, 465pp. (Near Fine in VG DJ. No marks)

By Mort Sahl. 1976, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 158pp. "Sahl was the first entertainer to argue the illegality of actions by the CIA and FBI, the first to question the official accopunts of john and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. He paid dearly for his belief, yet he never lost his audience or his respect for it". (VG in Good DJ)

By David R. Mayhew. 1974, Yale University Press, 194pp. From the series, Yales Studies in Political Science #26. (Good. Prev. owner's name inside front cover. Surface wear on cover, but VG inside)

By Nadine Strossen. 1995, Scribner Publishing, 319pp. "Attacks on the First Amendment and on free expression have come from a vocal and influential segment of the feminist movement that has launched a successful- and puritanical - crusade against "pornography" as the root of discrimination and violence against women." (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Remainder mark on bottom)

By Mike Huckabee. 1997, Broadman & Holman, 191pp. "At 1:55 p.m. On July 15, 1996, Lieutenant Governor Mike Huckabee was five minutes from being sworn in as the forty-fourth governor of Arkansas. As he finished rehearsing his inaugural address, the phone rang. It was Jim Guy Tucker, the outgoing governor..." (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ)

"Presidential nominees have to know how to play the game, moreover, whether they care for it or not. This enlightening and endlessly entertaining book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections--those clamorous showdowns that have so perplexed, pleased, amused, irked, and fascinated the American people from the very beginning."

By Barry Rubin. 1987, Oxford University Press, 335pp. (VG+)

By Henry Kissinger. 1994, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 912pp. A history of Western diplomacy as well as Kissinger's own experiences. (VG+. Library discard with discreet markings. Although this is a former library book, it appears uncirculated)

By Henry A. Kissinger. 1969, Norton, 143pp. Three essays by the former Secretary of State. (Good)

By W. J. Michael Cody and Richardson R. Lynn and Senator Howard Baker (foreword). 1992, Praeger/Greenwood, 167pp. (Near Fine. No DJ, as issued)

By Charles W. Dunn (editor). 1975, General Learning Press, 363pp. Essays on the future of the U.S. Presidency by notable politicians and political historians of the mid-1970s. (Good. Prev. owner's name on FEP)

For proposals for radical government reform.

By Mike Royko. 1989, Dutton, 274pp. A collection of columns from the syndicated columnist from 1984 to 1989. (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Stated first edition)

By Robert Scheer. 1988 (1990), The Noonday Press, 389pp. "'I want in any story to know who's getting screwed and who's doing the screwing' is the way Robert Scheer explains his method, and in this series of brillian takes on power in America from Vietnam to Star Wars, he tells us exactly that." (Near Fine)

By Rush Limbaugh. 1992, Pocket Books, 304pp. (VG in lightly foxed DJ.)

By Rush Limbaugh. 1993, Pocket Books, 364pp. Pub. At $24.00. (VG in VG DJ. First edition)

By Rush Limbaugh. 1993, Pocket Books, 242pp. Pub. at $19.95. Rush profiled by a Newsday reporter. (G+ in VG DJ in wraps. Xlib with usual markings. Flyleaf removed.)

By Daniel J. Evearitt. 1993, Harrison House, 190pp. "The author, a specialist in American religion and culture, offers an analysis of Limbaugh that every "dittohead" ought read. When Rush refers to the Bible, what does he mean? Why are ma ny of his views at variance with Scripture? Why are millions of Christians listening? ". (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)

By Al Franken. 1996, Delacorte Press, 271pp. Published at $21.95. Political humorist and former Saturday Night Live alum Al Franken skewers Limbaugh and conservative American politics of the Gingrich era. Very funny and observant. (Fine in Near Fine DJ)

By Russell Kirk. 1986, Regnery, 468pp. Seventh Rvised Edition. "Beginning with Edmund Burke, going on to the consideration of theideas of such people as John Adams, John Qunicy Adams, Hamilton, WalterScott, Coleridge, John Randolph, Calhoun, Newman, Disraeli, IrvingBabbitt, Paul Elmer More, and ending with T.S. Eliot, Kirk traces the "sturdy growth" of a tradition that has played a decisive and honorablepart in the development of our society." (Fine in VG DJ)

For conservative conspiracies.

By David Bergland. 1997, Orpheus Publications, 158pp. 7th edition. "Explains how Libertarian principles apply to real world problems." Author is former chairman of the National Libertarian Party. Cover price $10.95. (New)

By Cynthia Gorney. 1998 (2000), Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 575pp. Includes revised 2000 epilogue. "A political and social history of the most significant years in the abortion conflict, focusing on the battle in Missouri, which mirrors the deepening conflicts around the country and the two leaders from opposing camps in St. Louis." (Fine)

By Marian Faux. 1990, Birch Lane Press, 289pp. "The lives and works of 6 activists on both sides of the issue." (VG in VG DJ)

By Stephen Bates. 1993, Poseidon Press, 365pp. "The attempt by a group of parents in East Tennessee to rid their public schools of books they deemed sinful and unchristian, and the national hoopla that resulted." (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Discreet remainder mark at bottom of page block)

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