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1975
HOW THE GOOD GUYS FINALLY WON
Jimmy Breslin
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HOW THE GOOD GUYS FINALLY WON

Notes from an Impeachment Summer

by Jimmy Breslin

Viking Press · 2012

Peak rank

#3

Weeks on list

18

Debuted

June 1975

Chart History

#1510151975

18 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #3

New York Times Bestseller: A “superb” blow-by-blow account of how Tip O’Neill and his colleagues impeached Richard Nixon after Watergate (Chicago Tribune). Not long after burglars were caught raiding the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, Congressman Tip O’Neill noticed that Democratic fundraising efforts for the 1972 election had stalled. Major contributors were under IRS investigation, and Republican lackeys were threatening further trouble if those donors didn’t close their checkbooks. O’Neill sensed a conspiracy coming from the Nixon administration, but it wasn’t until the scandal broke that he connected the threatened donors with the Watergate burglary. In the boldest move of his career, he did something that would shock the nation: O’Neill decided to impeach the President. To his fellow members of the House of Representatives, this was an ugly idea. But as evidence mounted against Nixon and his cronies, O’Neill led the charge against the President. This blow-by-blow, conviction-by-conviction account is a gripping reminder of how O’Neill and his colleagues brought justice to those who abused their power, and revived America after the greatest political scandal in its history. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

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ISBN-13
9781453245361
ISBN-10
1453245367
Published
2012
Pages
239
Publisher
Viking Press
Categories
History

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