I'm trying to remember the name of a book.

[Renew Deal]

It's a political book that has been around a while. I think it's about politics and campaigns. I can't remember the name or any details. Any guesses?

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. About what year? Context?

I could start with Theodore White's "Making of the President, 19xx" series.

[jojo54]

2. Maybe if you go up on Barnes & Noble

you can search for political books and the name will jump out at you?

Just a suggestion.

[Renew Deal]

4. I tried.

I just can't remember it.

[Hamlette]

3. does it have a brownish cover? Maybe redish brown? Or is it yellowish?

Sorry. I work in a bookstore part time. People come in and say they are looking for a book, can't remember the title or who wrote it but they do remember it had a brown cover. Or, on second thought, they say, it was more redish brown. As though the exact color of the cover would help me. (Covers change.)

Your description fits hundreds if not thousands of books. Maybe you could tell us: how long it has "been around" (hundreds of years as in The Prince?) how you heard about it ("It was reviewed on NPR" helps us find books sometimes) did a dem write it or a republican or a "neutral" political scientist? Do you remember any of the words in the title? (you could do a word search on amazon or like site).

Give us a little more information and maybe we can help.

[Renew Deal]

5. I really don't know

Sorry. I've never seen it. I think it's somewhat old, but I don't know how old.

[Hamlette]

13. I was being sarcastic

I think you're pulling our chain.

[Protagoras]

19. I used to work in a Library and get the same thing.

250,000 books and the question was always something like "Do you know that one green book with the gold letters?"

Always brought a chuckle :D

[classof56]

6. I read a good one last year--"Cruel and Unusual"

by Mark Crispin Miller. Seems like it was mainly about the runup to the Iraqi invasion, and of course we know more about that now, but the book was a good portrayal of how the mainstream media was sucked into the administration's web of deceit. Probably not the one you're thinking of, but a good read nonetheless.

[Toby109]

12. Not only that

but the hardcover version has a DU blurb on the back cover!

[Spazito]

7. The Two Americas by Stanley Greenberg?

or maybe Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 72 by Hunter Thompson?

[Renew Deal]

8. No, thanks though.

[TeeYiYi]

9. Two guesses . . .

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the
Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High-Finance Fraudsters
by Greg Palast

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452285674/qid=1116179978/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/104-9470574-5191969?v=glance&s=books&n=507846



The Buying of the President 2004 : Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His
Democratic Challengers--and What They Expect in Return (Buying of the President)
by Charles Lewis

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060548533/qid=1116180059/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-9470574-5191969?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


TYY

[TeeYiYi]

16. Bleachers7 . . .

. . . Did you check these two books? They're both good. The one by Greg Palast is definitely worth checking into even if it's not the one you were thinking of.

TYY

[Renew Deal]

17. It's not them, but thank you.

:toast:

[Ready4Change]

10. Must be thousands on that subject. Can you narrow the field some?

Do you recall any of the subject matter? Was it a dry account? Progressive or Conservative? Was it focused on a particular era (Post WW2? '60s? Reganism?)

Chances of finding it are slim without more hints.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

11. Wow, so specific!

You know, there are about a million books that fit that description. Maybe you want to narrow it down a notch for us?

[Sapphire Blue]

15. Only 61922 on Amazon

[Sapphire Blue]

14. Here you go...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=stripbooks:relevance-above&field-keywords=politics&search-type=ss&bq=1&store-name=books/ref=xs_ap_l_xgl14/002-6472918-3508029

[Renew Deal]

21. Thanks

:toast:

[Sapphire Blue]

23. You can also check here...

http://catalog.loc.gov/

BTW, I'm trying to remember the name of a star... it's been around for awhile... I think it's somewhere out in space, but I can't remember the name or any details. Any guesses?

[sweetheart]

18. I'm trying to recall the name of a move

It came out in the early 70's, and was about a western mining town and
its drama. The scene i recall was this bull (large male cow) running
in tunnels beneath the city, collapsing them, by knocking out the
support timbers, and as each timber fell, the building above collapsed.

? Anyone ? Anyone ? Bueellllerrr! ;-)

[Pharlo]

20. The final scene

in 'Paint Your Wagon' is similar to what you describe here. But, it isn't a drama, it falls more into a musical/comedy selection.

The reason the tunnels were collapsing was because a group of individuals had realized that there was more gold dust going through the cracks in the floors of saloons than they were able to acquire in the mountains and streams. So, they dug a series of tunnels under all the saloons in town....Bull got into the tunnels...

[sweetheart]

22. ok, not a drama

I've ordered it up on amazon's DVD rental... thanks a lot for that.
I saw it in a double feature at the drive-in with "the land that
time forgot" (i think)... i've not seen that one to verify... just
remember everyone sliding on a big rock down a hill. :-)

Thanks for that... i'm chekkin it out.