Primary Format: Cloth | |
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ISBN: | 9781512600124 |
Published: | 04/03/2018 |
Pages: | 252 |
Size: | 6 x 9 in. |
Subject(s): | History |
Dinner in Camelot: The Night America's Greatest Scientists, Writers, and Scholars Partied at the Kennedy White House
Joseph A. Esposito
Cloth: $29.95E-book: $24.99
A fascinating entry point to the cultural and academic environments of the 1960s. . . . Esposito presents a book that makes us wonder what the world could have been and that allows us to dream, at least for 200 pages.
—Kirkus Reviews
Esposito’s approach captures all of that remarkable evening’s many dimensions, reading like a melding of American Heritage, Architectural Digest, and Gourmet, along with a national newspaper’s page 1 above the fold and society pages.
—National Book Review
A fascinating look back at a time when intellect and culture were respected in the inner sancta of American power.
—Publishers Weekly
A delightful, detailed account of the dinner, its background, its repercussions and its lasting meaning. . . . Esposito brings a solid blend of intellectual and writing background to his task. He has taught history, written it and lived it in three administrations. The book is a largely skillful mix of diligently researched detail and chatty anecdotes, all woven together without excessively florid Camelot rhetoric.
—Washington Post
Dinner in Camelot is a wonderful recounting of the greatest party of the 1960s. A real page-turner. Highly recommended!
—Douglas Brinkley, CNN presidential historian and author of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
JOSEPH A. ESPOSITO has had a long career in the fields of public service, education, communications, and nonprofit work. He served in three presidential administrations, most recently as deputy undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. He is currently an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College. He blogs about history at www.josephaesposito.com.