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Longest Debate A Legislative History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
by Charles Whalen; Barbara Whalen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0932020348
- ISBN 13
- 9780932020345
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
A$77.47A$69.72
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About This Item
Seven Locks Press. Cabin John,MD. 1985. Very good First Edition as denoted by no further publication date listed on copyright page. Black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Former library book (New Cassel Center) contains check-out card and markings typical for said edition. Long inscription dated year of publication by former congressman Charles Whalen and his wife (Barbara Whalen) to Dr Helena Magaret on flyleaf. Unclipped ($16.95) jacket now protected in removable mylar cover, shows shelf wear, minor chipping to edges and small 1 in. crease on lower jacket back. "In June 1963 President John Kennedy asked the U.S. Congress to outlaw racial discrimination from American life and law. The Longest Debate is the story of how Congress responded by doing what had to be done-and what could be done only by Congress." (ref. jacket back). Charles Whalen was a U.S. Congressman representing Ohio's third district from 1967-1979. Barbara Whalen was a columnist for the Dayton (Ohio) Journal-Herald. Together, the Whalen's interviewed political and civil rights leaders as well as reviewed released tapes from the White House to write the book. 9.25x6.25 in. 289pg.
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239
- Title
- Longest Debate A Legislative History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Author
- Charles Whalen; Barbara Whalen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0932020348
- ISBN 13
- 9780932020345
- Publisher
- Seven Locks Press
- Place of Publication
- Cabin John, Md
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 289
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- Civil rights, Congress, JFK, racial discrimination
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