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Sarah from Alaska : the sudden rise and brutal education of a new conservative superstar / Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe.
Van Pelt Library F910.7.P35 C66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conroy, Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palin, Sarah, 1964-.
- Palin, Sarah.
- Women governors--Alaska--Biography.
- Women governors.
- Women politicians--Alaska--Biography.
- Women politicians.
- Vice-presidential candidates--Alaska--Biography.
- Vice-presidential candidates.
- Presidents--United States--Election--2008.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Alaska.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 301 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, 2009.
- Summary:
- Reveals in riveting detail how Palin's vice presidential campaign became as dysfunctional as it was secretive, explores the circumstances behind her triumphs and baffling missteps, and provides new context for understanding her values, her political successes in Alaska, and her abrupt resignation from the governorship.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Lights out
- Frozen paths
- Seeing red
- Honeymoon in Juneau
- Sharp elbows
- Plucked
- The Iron Curtain
- Taking the reins
- The final limp
- Can't let go
- Only in Alaska
- Alaska outgrown
- The next chapter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586487881
- 1586487884
- OCLC:
- 303031458
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