When the editors of TIME magazine were looking for an exclusive angle on the Republican revolution sweeping Washington, photographer P. F. Bentley was the logical choice to pursue the sharpest angle of all: the inside story o1' the new Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.
In 1992, Bentley had scooped the political photography corps by gaining exclusive access to the presidential campaign of Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, following him from New Hampshire to Washington, culminating in the book Clinton: Portrait of Victor. In December 1994, Bentley spent a few days covering Congressman Gingrich. Finding their styles a good fit, they developed the plan to allow Bentley to document, for history, for TIME, and for the readers of this book, the inner workings of the Republican rebuilding of the House of Representatives.
In stunning black-and-white images Bentley has crystallized in time the silver haired Georgian's dramatic quest to reform and revitalize America. With brief quotations from Gingrich's speeches and interviews, Newt: Inside the Revolution provides the reader with an intimate and exciting picture of history in the making.
"Gingrich captures the imagination by suggesting that he has an idea of what has gone wrong with America," says William F. Buckley Jr. in the introduction. "Bentley", Buckley continues, "has a sense of the occasion, an eye for structure and an exuberant confidence that he will give us in black and white not something as good as color, but something better."
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Gone and forgotten...,
By
This review is from: Newt: Inside the Revolution (Hardcover)
Happened to come across this book at a book clearance for $1.oo and couldn't resist it.It took less than an hour to read it.He had a heavy presence while Speaker;which certainly does not come through in this book;but then again it deals with only part of his first year.It's also disappointing that a photographer with so much access couldn't bring out more of Newt's personality or interaction with others. It's odd that after all this time mine is the first customer review ;but then there's not a lot here to comment on.I don't remember this book being published at the time ;but it probably had the normal amount of hype, oh well, so much for hype.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
