The Pursuit of the Presidency: '92 and Beyond

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Pursuit of the Presidency is a fascinating and highly readable examination of the election process. Author Christine Black uses the backdrop of the 1992 election and draws on her 20 years experience as a political reporter to fashion a valuable research work for both students and interested laypeople. The author's lively writing style-enhanced by many unique photographs and political cartoons-provides an insider's look at how the last election differed from previous elections.

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A fine guide to the inner mechanism of a political campaign, relating the presidential campaign to the business of governing and providing a strong road map not only to the 1992 election, but the process as a whole.-The Bookwatch
"A fine guide to the inner mechanism of a political campaign, relating the presidential campaign to the business of governing and providing a strong road map not only to the 1992 election, but the process as a whole."-The Bookwatch

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CHRISTINE M. BLACK, a political reporter wh the Boston Globe for over 25 years, has covered five presidential and dozens of state and local campaigns over the course of two decades. She coauthored, with Thomas Oliphant, All By Myself: The Unmaking of a Presidential Campaign, published in 1989, which provided an in-depth analysis of the Dukakis campaign. Previously, Ms. Black was Washington correspondent for the Boston Herald American and the Lowell Sun.