Research Catalog

Title

Rush Limbaugh : an army of one / Zev Chafets.

Author

Chafets, Zeʼev.

Publication

New York : Sentinel, 2010.

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Details

Description

x, 229 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

While there have been plenty of hatchet jobs on Rush Limbaugh, this is the first serious examination of his career and persona. Expanded from Zev Chafets's much-discussed cover story for The New York Times Magazine, this is a penetrating biography of a leading conservative power player. For more than twenty years, Limbaugh has used his microphone to entertain and enrage the largest audience in American broadcasting, and has set the agenda for the American Right. While Limbaugh's public persona is instantly recognizable, his background and private life are often misunderstood. This book provides a personal look at the self-proclaimed "most dangerous man in America," who gave Chafets extensive interviews and unprecedented access to his inner circle. Chafets has talked at length to everyone in Rush's life: family, staff, friends, even his psychologist. What emerges is a portrait of a master entertainer, a public intellectual, a political force, and a fascinating man.--From publisher description.

Subjects

• Conservatives > United States > Biography
• Radio broadcasters > United States > Biography
• Limbaugh, Rush H

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"I hope he fails" -- Life on the Mississippi -- From Rusty to Christie to Rush -- The city -- The honorary freshman -- Limbaugh in limbo -- "W" -- The southern command -- The Rush Limbaugh Show -- Intellectual engine -- The boss -- The magic negro -- The guns of August -- Welcome to the NFL -- Forward to the past -- The party of "Hell no."

ISBN

• 9781595230638
• 1595230637

LCCN

^^2009053904

OCLC

• 466335904
• SCSB-12327192

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library