{"product_id":"heard-and-overheard-james-w-symington-9780991504701","title":"Heard and Overheard: Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People","description":"Jim Symington has a rare addiction for Washington: he listens. Right-hand man for Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Ambassador Jock Whitney, he was present-often a participant-as national and world events unfolded. Witnessing history from the New Deal to President Obama's Cuban initiative, Symington is a willing recorder of eavesdrops, \"ranging in propriety from blasphemy to prayer.\" Heard and Overheard is presented in a prefatory sampler and three parts involving \"politicians, statesmen, and real people.\" To read it is to relive pivotal moments of modern history, to meet the giants (and villains) of our time, and to savor a narrative that is epic in scope, gem-like in faceted brilliance, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. \"Jimmy Symington...is one of the best story-tellers in the world, a distinction he shares with his fellow Missourian, Mr. Mark Twain...  He] is a WASP Forrest Gump... You name it, he was there. The man has had more lives than a cat; more phases than Madonna.\" -from the foreword by Christopher Buckley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Symington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0991504704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780991504701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vellum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2015","brand":"James W. Symington","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478382665983,"sku":"9780991504701","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0536df2-8a99-4fe0-bea0-5f0144d10420.jpg?v=1715935035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heard-and-overheard-james-w-symington-9780991504701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}