Monday, December 19, 2011
Arkansas Culture and Characters Clinton in LR for the book signing season
Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Fox 16's Hubert Tate posts a Twitterpic of the line forming outside Barnes and Noble for the autograph session with former President Bill Clinton. Tickets were handed out earlier for those hoping to get a presidential autograph on "Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy."
In other book-signing news, the Walton Sun reports that Florida buyers were thrilled to get autographs from Mike Huckabee for his books.
Also attending the book signing were Blue Mountain Beach residents Ken Delo and his wife, Heather, who brought their copy of “Can’t Wait Till Christmas” to the signing.“I like him,” said Ken. “We shared the same fraternity (Tau Kappa Epsilon). And I’m a conservative.”
One book wasn’t enough of a keepsake for this couple, who doubled their delight by picking up “A Simple Government” for Huckabee to autograph.
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Why anyone would read a book written by any politician is beyond me. The possible exception being Kinky Friedman, but he was a novelist before he ran for office.
Hope the uninformed couple picked up Huck's diet book and then wandered over to the next store and bought some big ass clothes.....they're gonna need em soon.
Ditto to what scrapper72 said. Another question is who actually writes these books.
ND ’75 and scrapper72,
I tend to agree with you boys. I’d like to know who actually wrote Hillary’s memoir, “Living History.” It’s filled with errors, some of ‘em egregious and downright embarrassing. For example, she notes in her book that it was Robert Kennedy who shut down illegal casino gamblin’ in Hot Springs.
On the other hand, David Pryor’s memoir, “A Pryor Commitment,” is a great read. It was written mostly by Don Harrell, Pryor’s lifelong pal (a brother, almost, says Pryor) and longtime U.S. Senate chief of staff in DC.
And then there’s Dale Bumpers’ “The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town.” Folksy and down-home, it’s an interesting, entertaining read and funny as hell in many places. I think Bumpers — who’s wont to be both acerbic and witty —wrote every word of it himself.
Highly recommend the Pryor and Bumpers books.
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