EUGENE J MCCARTHY Poetry SIGNED to HOLLYWOOD Exec JACK VALENTI From His Library

  

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. Signed and inscribed by the author, former representative and senator from Minnesota from 1949 to 1970 and presidential candidate in 1968. Inscribed: To Jack Valenti, with best wishes. Gene McCarthy, July 20, 1979. McCarthy's second collection of poems.

Trace of foxing to outer edges, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. From the library of film executive Jack Valenti with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. From the rear jacket flap: Horace Busby was Lyndon B. Johnson's adviser, speechwriter, and confidant throughout his political career.

He served on LBJ's Staff in the House and Senate and at the White House, where he was secretary of the cabinet from 1963 to 1965. In 1963, Valenti was in the John F. Kennedy motorcade in Dallas, and he is seen in the famous photograph of Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as President on Air Force One.

Valenti flew back to Washington with Johnson and literally lived in the White House for two months helping Johnson take the reins of the presidency. He was the first special assistant to President Johnson and served at Johnson's direction as a liaison to the Republican Congressional leadership. Hollywood mogul and Democratic fundraiser Lew Wasserman pressured Lyndon Johnson to let Valenti leave in 1966 to run the MPAA. A striking and articulate man who easily made friends, Valenti became a figure of considerable influence in both Hollywood and Washington.

Few people have known as many famous and powerful people as Valenti. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "catstarbuck" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Poland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Italy, Switzerland, Republic of Croatia, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Kiribati, Greece, Greenland, Montenegro, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Western Samoa, France, Denmark, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Nauru, Tonga, San Marino, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Vanuatu, Albania, Monaco, Moldova, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Gibraltar, Canada, Andorra, Romania, Mexico, Serbia, Lithuania, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, Latvia.

• Year Printed: 1979
• Topic: Film
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Performing Arts
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: New York
• Special Attributes: From Valenti's Library with COA, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed by Eugene J. McCarthy to Jack Valenti, A Collection of Poetry by McCarthy