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The Gentleman from Georgia Hardcover – February 1, 2000

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This is a look at the real Newt Gingrich as seen by a former colleague, close friend, and member of his staff. It is an inside view of Gingrich during his climb to power from his early training to his years as Speaker and leader of the Republican Party.

Steely reveals Gingrichs personal and political problems as well as his triumphs. His divorce and ethics problems are discussed, as well as his early campaign losses and the close call in 1990. Also, the necessary revolution leading to his rise in the party and the House, the development of New Inc. as well as his role in national elections and the reforms he brought to House GOP organization, the Conservative Opportunity Society, the whips office, to the Speakers office, and the House itself, and finally resignation.

Steely reveals a different Gingrich than the one presented by the media. We see a brilliant self-assured leader who is able to compartmentalize, redefine crisis, and see defeat as opportunity.

The book concludes with an exclusive interview with Gingrich outlining both his personal future and his vision for America in the twenty-first century.

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476 pages
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English
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Mercer University Press
Publication date

February 1, 2000
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5.98 x 1.19 x 9.02 inches
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0865546711
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978-0865546714
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"The Gentleman from Georgia is a richly informative chronicle of the career of Newt Gingrich. The book presents a clear portrait of Newt as an audacious thinker, bold political strategist, and talented campaigner. Mr. Steely's account shows us step by step how Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House and changed the face of the US Congress and American Politics." -- US Senator Paul D. Coverdell

"The Gingrich who emerges from these pages is quite different from the caricature which often appears in the press. This Newt shares the liberal desire to include blacks and women, preserve the environment, and uplift those at the bottom of society. He differs profoundly with the left on how best to accomplish those noble ends. Written in plain, clear language, The Gentleman from Georgia is a well-documented account of the rise to power of one of the most significant politicians of our age." -- Thomas A. Scott, Kennesaw State University

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Mel Steely is professor of history and director of the Georgia Political Heritage Program at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia. He worked as an administrative aide for Newt Gingrich and also served as campaign chairman and manager for Gingrich during four elections.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mercer University Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 476 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0865546711
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0865546714
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.76 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 1.19 x 9.02 inches

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Mark R. Whittington

A Remarkable Book about a Remarkable Statesman

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2000

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Newt Gingrich is one of the more remarkable and misunderstood statemen in the history of the American Republic. He embodies in one man a genius for ideas and a genius for action.

The latter is not entirely belied by his fall from the pinnicle of power. In his short years as Speaker he accomplished much. He ended welfare as an entitlement. He turned chronic deficits into lasting surpluses. The man who was nominally in charge of the United States, Bill Clinton, is a cipher by comparison. History will show that the most influential politician of the 1990s was Speaker Gingrich.

He was hated by his enemies, whose power he had taken away. He was distrusted by his friends, to whom he gave power. That latter fact is the irony of Gingrich's triumph. Those who owed Gingrich everything in the end drove him from elected politics.

Nevertheless it may be comforting that the story of Newt Gingrich is not over yet. He continues in the private sector to do what he does so well, to drive ideas and foster change. If George W. Bush rises to the Presidency, he could do far worse than to offer the former Speaker a cabinet post. That certainly would make for an excellent second volume.

--Mark R. Whittington [...]

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Ed Henderson

Mel Steely his a homerun with this in depth study

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2000

In the Gentlemen from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich, University of West Georgia History professor Mel Steely profiles one of the most remarkable individuals to ever to serve the American public from Capital Hill.
I have known Mel Steely for over two decades as a friend, professor, Congressional intern, Campaign Aid & mentor. This book is something that many, including myself, have long wanted to see released.
Mel Steely, as Newt's most loyal and trusted aid, as well as an accomplished historian in his own right, is uniquely qualified to profile Newt Gingrich. Steely comments on the public Newt, the one that millions of Americans know from the portrayals of Dan Rather C-SPAN & CNN as well as the Newt that was rarely seen in public.
This story is compelling at so many levels. Newt was the only GOP candidate in the terrible GOP election year of Watergate to nearly knock off a 32 year incumbent Democratic. Later as a backbencher Newt earned a name for himself on C-SPAN as the intellectual hard charger to a bloated & corrupt Democratic Party with institutionalized power. Several times Newt nearly escaped political disaster with razor thin re-election margins both in the GOP Primary and the General election and at other times he was the most popular politician in Georgia. He quarterbacked the Contract with America and took back the House after 40 years of liberal Democratic control.
Uncluttered with the inside the beltway mentality that so often is the source for boiler plate political bios, this story is compelling because it was written by someone who really knows the man. Steely brings an academic objectivity combined with a personal experience that no other author could ever hope to match.
From the Social(ist) Science building on the University of West Georgia campus where Mel Steely has lectured students for the last quarter century, he became a lightning rod for the radical campus left. They could never accept that a young brash college professor of humble beginnings could become the leader of the Conservative movement in the United States and third in line to the U.S. President. In this hostile environment Mel served his students as well as his country and found for himself a most unique vantage point for the chronicle he was so uniquely suited to write.
Perhaps, one day, they may even rename that Social(ist) Science Building to Gingrich Hall in honor of the University's most famous professor, who later became a professor to all American people.
It would be a fitting commentary to the Psychology Department hippie commune and the Political Science true believers of Karl Marx to have to conduct their classes in such an environment.
This is a great book about a great man. I highly recommend it to anyone interested interested in government and the renewal of the Republican Party. I would even go so far to say it ought to be required reading for Political Science Students @ the University of West Georgia.
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