{"product_id":"wallace-the-classic-portrait-of-alabama-governor-george-wallace-9780679771289","title":"Wallace: The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A sensitive, informed and funny feat of high journalism that is a classic of the kind.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallace\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic portrait of one of the century's most fiery and controversial political figures. Initially conceived as a novel, Marshall Frady's biography of George Wallace retains the narrative force and descriptive powers of fiction. Elizabeth Hardwick noted on \u003ci\u003eWallace\u003c\/i\u003e's first publication in 1968, \"There is a palpable Faulknerian mood to the reporting,\" and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e observed, \"Frady has established new standards in political biography.\" This is a wonderfully crafted depiction of a seminal figure whose influence altered the course of national politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA native South Carolinian, \u003cb\u003eMarshall Frady\u003c\/b\u003e has been a journalist for more than 25 years, writing principally on political figures and racial and social tensions in the American culture, first as a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, then for \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. In the 1980s, he was chief writer and correspondent for \u003ci\u003eABC News Closeup\u003c\/i\u003e and a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eNightline\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the acclaimed biographies \u003ci\u003eWallace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBilly Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924134924562,"sku":"9780679771289","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02f7ea64-20de-4ac8-a6ca-9196500af8d7.jpg?v=1738969825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wallace-the-classic-portrait-of-alabama-governor-george-wallace-9780679771289","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}