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The President of the United States nominates the controversial Robert A. Leffingwell to be Secretary of State, and as that startling news reverberates throughout Washington a powerful politician commits suicide, a Congressional Committee comes up with a surprise witness, there is a vote of censure b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drury, Allen (Author)
Other Authors: Shilstone, Arthur (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1959.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Fiction.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century > Fiction.
United States > Politics and government > Fiction.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Politics and government.
United States.
United States > Fiction.
Political fiction.
Fiction.
Legal stories.
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Summary:The President of the United States nominates the controversial Robert A. Leffingwell to be Secretary of State, and as that startling news reverberates throughout Washington a powerful politician commits suicide, a Congressional Committee comes up with a surprise witness, there is a vote of censure by the Senate, and the cynicism and selfishness and altruism and loyalty and ambitions of America's public servants are revealed.
Item Description:Sequel: A shade of difference.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:616 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Awards:Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1960.
ISBN:038505419X
9780385054195