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Founding Father
Stephen E. Frantzich
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Description for Founding Father
hardcover. Founding Father is the first biography of C-SPAN's Brian Lamb. It explores his experiences as a student, White House staffer, Capitol Hill press secretary, media columnist, and many other previously unknown stories, while also covering the creation and rise of C-SPAN. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
"And just who was President Lincoln?" One can almost hear Brian Lamb's understated Midwestern intonation of an almost absurdly basic question. Without pretense or the need to sound important, Lamb seeks to open the door to an understanding of public affairs by asking the questions his intelligent, but unworldly, mother might have asked. His open-ended questions often catch his subjects off-guard compared to the sound bite and gotcha journalism from which they have become accustomed to protecting themselves. The term "C-SPAN" has gone from an acronym known only by a few outsiders to the descriptor "C-SPAN-like coverage" to characterize a ... Read more
"And just who was President Lincoln?" One can almost hear Brian Lamb's understated Midwestern intonation of an almost absurdly basic question. Without pretense or the need to sound important, Lamb seeks to open the door to an understanding of public affairs by asking the questions his intelligent, but unworldly, mother might have asked. His open-ended questions often catch his subjects off-guard compared to the sound bite and gotcha journalism from which they have become accustomed to protecting themselves. The term "C-SPAN" has gone from an acronym known only by a few outsiders to the descriptor "C-SPAN-like coverage" to characterize a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742558502
SKU
V9780742558502
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About Stephen E. Frantzich
Stephen E. Frantzich is professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Citizen Democracy: Citizen Activists in a Cynical Age and The C-Span Revolution. He regularly provides congressional testimony on such topics as Congressional continuity and democracy and technology. He has served as a consultant to C-SPAN, the Dirksen ... Read more
Reviews for Founding Father
Stephen Frantzich has written an intriguing study of one of America's greatest social entrepreneurs. I first came to Congress as C-SPAN was starting. With Brian Lamb's leadership, it became a window into the House and then into the Senate. For transparency, accountability, and citizen participation, Brian Lamb is one of the greatest innovators in American history.
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