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As President, he led the country to the strongest economy in a generation and led the longest economic expansion in American history. And he can write. He is also a born storyteller.
The personal and the political are intertwined. Anyone who is geninely interested in American politics will find his insights and anecdotes fascinating. DeMille, a rags-to-riches tale full of the stuff of human frailty, with a cast of hundreds, complete with low-life villians and high-minded heroes and, as such stories require, an upbeat ending.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For one thing, so much of Clinton's later actions is explained by the nature of his upbringing. My Life is really two books. Knopf Publishing Group Random House. My Life can be like that, too.
The s come to life once again as a time of uncommon tumult and riveting personalities. The personalities on parade are as vivid as the events. Future politicians will find it a must-read, and average Americans will identify with the highs and lows we all experience as we make our way through life. No other presidential memoir is likely to be so lively.
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Bill Clinton is hard to dismiss, and so is an account of his extraordinary life. It reads like a down-home history of a life and, thus, anchors Clinton as a superb storyteller. Buy the Audiobook Download: Apple Audible downpour eMusic audiobooks. Add to Cart Add to Cart. Also by Bill Clinton. Inspired by Your Browsing History. Praise "By a generous measure , the richest American presidential autobiography—no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States….
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He eventually ran for and won the Governorship of Arkansas , and later, the Presidency of the United States. Along the way, Clinton offers anecdotes of ordinary people he had interacted with over the years.
Following his defeat for second term as governor, Clinton remarks, "the system can only absorb so much change at once; no one can beat all the entrenched interests at the same time; and if people think you've stopped listening, you're sunk. In a political battle, he said that one should wait for an attack from his opponent, then counterpunch as strong and as fast as possible.
Early gaffes in Clinton's political career were a result, he believed, of taking too long to respond to attacks. Clinton spent about two and a half years on the book. He gathered material for four months, wrote an outline, and spent two years and two months writing the book. The book's editor was Justin Cooper.
At 1, pages, the memoir was chided for its length, with comedian Jon Stewart joking, "I have to confess, I did not finish the entire book; I'm on Bush joked that it was "10, pages long. In Teletext carried out a survey of British readers, the results of which revealed that of the respondents who had purchased or borrowed My Life , 30 percent had either not read it, or had begun to read it but had not finished it.
In his own book, Morris presented what he believed to be factual inaccuracies of different events Clinton depicted in My Life. Controversial White House intern Monica Lewinsky was highly critical of the autobiography, declaring that she had thought he would correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency.
In addition to the full-volume hardback that was initially released, several other editions followed, including: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. My Life 1st edition cover. The New York Times. Clinton lies about relationship in his new book".