Growing Up Republican: Christie Whitman : The Politics of Character

Patricia Beard

ISBN 10: 0694516953 ISBN 13: 9780694516957

Publisher: Harperaudio, 1996

Synopsis

An authorized biography of the New Jersey governor and possible vice-presidential candidate is based on the author's interviews with Christine Todd Whitman, the governor's family and friends, and Whitman's personal documents. Simultaneous.

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Review:

For a culture careening from right to left in search of societal values, Patricia Beard offers the moral lessons learned by New Jersey politician Christine Todd Whitman during her formative years. "Family came first. Then came the farm.... Then the community: other farmers and neighbors around Oldwick.... The way my family, and many others, practiced politics grew out of this sense of interdependence," Whitman explains. Later, she invented the Republican National Committee's Listening Program, in which she interviewed poor people, radicals, and others about their political positions. Whatever success Whitman attains, rest assured these lessons are a foundation not overburdened with the excess baggage of ideological polemics.

From AudioFile:

This biography sometimes seems more like an autobiography. The author was given full access to New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, her personal papers and her friends. Also, the account includes long quotes from Whitman in which she comments on her life. The work is an intimate, well-written portrait of a successful female politician; simultaneously, one learns about the Republican party from her parents' days as activists in the 1950's to her participation today. While the author/reader clearly is not a professional actor, she gives an adequate reading, and the production quality is excellent. M.L.C. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperaudio
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0694516953
• ISBN 13: 9780694516957
• Binding: Audio Cassette