Nixonland
by Rick Perlstein
Taste attributes: historicalpoliticalbiographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is weighty, emotional and smart. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
4.8 / 5
5 ratings
About This Book
From one of America's most talented historians comes a brilliant new account of Richard Nixon--set against the violent passions of America's 1960s civil war--that reveals the riveting backstory to the red state/blue state resentments that divide the nation today and the many ways Nixon used riots, anti-Vietnam War protests, the drug culture and other displays of unrest as an easy relief against which to frame his...
Description: Open Library
Characteristics
Where this book sits on each taste spectrum
Genres and themes
Subjects
Details
- Author
- Rick Perlstein
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 881
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- Open Library
How book matches work
Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.
More books
Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.
Browse Books