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The price of power how Mitch McConnell mastered the Senate, changed America, and lost his party

The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history. Drawing on thousands of pages of archival materials, letters, and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues, and McConnell himself, Michae...

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Main Author: Tackett, Michael (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster 2024.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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McConnell, Mitch.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Politicians > Kentucky > Biography.
Conservatives > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
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Summary:The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history. Drawing on thousands of pages of archival materials, letters, and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues, and McConnell himself, Michael Tackett pieces together the story of McConnell's early life, his formative battle with polio as a young child, and the teenage infatuation with politics that persisted through his four decades in the Senate.
Physical Description:xiii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781668005842
1668005840
Author Notes:Michael Tackett is an award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience covering national politics, including nine presidential elections. He is currently the Deputy Washington Bureau Chief for the Associated Press. Before that, he was an editor and reporter for The New York Times , Washington Bureau Chief for both Bloomberg News and the Chicago Tribune, and National Editor for US News & World Report . He is a recipient of the White House Correspondents Association's Edgar A. Poe Award for National Reporting. His first book, The Baseball Whisperer, tells the story of a summer league baseball team in Clarinda, Iowa, that helped shape dozens of major league players. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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