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Madam Speaker : Nancy Pelosi and the lessons of power / Susan Page.

Page, Susan, 1951- (author.).

Summary:

A New York Times best-selling author and USA Today Washington bureau chief offers a new biography of Nancy Pelosi, one of the most powerful women in American politics.

Before she was Nancy Pelosi, she was Nancy D'Alesandro--her father a big-city mayor and her mother his political organizer. She didn't begin running for office until she was forty-six years old and since then she has established herself as a crucial friend or for-midable foe to U.S. presidents, a master legislator, and an indefatigable political warrior. She became the first female Speaker of the House, then battled rivals on the left and right to consolidate her power. This is an in-depth exploration of Nancy Pelosi's remarkable life and of her impact on American politics.

Record details

ISBN: 9781538750698
ISBN: 1538750694
Physical Description: viii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-424) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: A change of plans -- Tommy the Elder and Big Nancy -- Welcome to America -- Little Nancy and the favor file -- Scandal -- A view of the Capitol -- "Proper preparation prevents poor performance" -- Runaway -- Sala -- Earthquake -- "I don't think these boys know how to win" -- War -- Leader -- Meltdown -- PelosiCare -- Back in the wilderness -- Pelosi v. Trump: round one -- The Speaker and the squad -- "You have come into my wheelhouse" -- The coronavirus campaign -- Epilogue: The lessons of power.