James C. Humes

Fame-Dropping

Five Decades of Encounters with the Eminent

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, James C. Humes candidly accounts all the famous people he has met over the past fifty years, including Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Kennedy, and Truman, Sir Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Burton, Orson Welles, Shirley MacLaine, John Updike, Ezra Pound, and many others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9780761870791
• ISBN-10: 0761870792
• Artikelnr.: 54432324

Autorenporträt

James C. Humes has written speeches for Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, George H. W. Bush, and Reagan. He has practiced the art of public speaking as an attorney, lecturer, diplomat, and Pennsylvania state legislator.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The White House
Chapter 2: Capitol Hill
Chapter 3: State House
Chapter 4: State Department
Chapter 5: City Hall
Chapter 6: Buckingham Palace
Chapter 7: Parliament
Chapter 8: Library
Chapter 9: Hollywood
Chapter 10: Stadium
Chapter 11: Press Box
Chapter 12: Pentagon
Chapter 13: Foreign Capitals
Chapter 14: Courthouse
Chapter 15: Church
Chapter 16: Art Gallery
Chapter 17: Lyceum
Bibliography
About the Author
Index of Names