Fever swamp : a journey through the strange neverland of the 2016 presidential race / Richard North Patterson.

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    • Abstract:
      Summary: During the 2016 presidential election cycle, novelist Richard North Patterson wrote one column per week for The Huffington Post about the presidential race. Those essays are collected here for the first time in a highly personal 'journal' chronically Paterson's observations in real time.
    • Content Notes:
      Partial contents: Foreword / Jeff Greenfield -- Plutocrats, birthers, climate deniers, a reality star, a Socialist from Vermont, a scrum of candidates killing each other, and an entire political party gone mad -- Primaries, guns, the court, Bernie vs. Hillary, the rise of Trump, & the collapse of the GOP establishment -- The Donald, Hillary, narcissism, racism, political insanity, & the surprising fatefulness of two conventions -- Russian hackers, a media awakening, videotapes, charges of groping, claims of voter fraud, three debates, a dogged Democrat, and a GOP candidate cracking up until an FBI director throws him a lifeline -- The very last scary days, an election filled with dread, and an extremely sober national wrecking -- Epilogue.
    • Notes:
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    • ISBN:
      9781681441658
      1681441659
    • Accession Number:
      2016956580
    • Accession Number:
      958797787
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.998558