{"product_id":"washington-9781586481186","title":"Washington","description":"With \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e, the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e wrote an instant classic, a sociology of Washington, D.C., that is as wise as it is wry. Greenfield, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book secretly in the final two years of her life. She told her literary executor, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, of her work and he has written an afterword telling the story of how the book came into being. Greenfield's close friend and employer, the late Katharine Graham, contributed a moving and personal foreword. Greenfield came to Washington in 1961, at the beginning of the Kennedy administration and joined \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e in 1968. Her editorials at the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e and her columns in \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, were universally admired in Washington for their insight and style. In this, her first book, Greenfield provides a portrait of the U.S. capital at the end of the American century. It is an eccentric, tribal, provincial place where the primary currency is power. For all the scandal and politics of Washington, its real culture is surprisingly little known. Meg Greenfield explains the place with an insider's knowledge and an observer's cool perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586481186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2002 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Meg Greenfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403422855349,"sku":"9781586481186","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_979647fb-b899-4777-9cc9-cb1a6d72a965.jpg?v=1774969185","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/washington-9781586481186","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}