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The Resource I should be dead : my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction, Bob Beckel with John David Mann

I should be dead : my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction, Bob Beckel with John David Mann

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"From popular TV personality Bob Beckel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith. Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: to avoid conflict, mask his feelings, and to lie--all skills that served him well in Washington, where he would become the youngest-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and manage Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. But Beckel was living a double life. On January 20, 2001--George W. Bush's first Inauguration Day--he hit rock bottom, waking up in the psych ward. Written with captivating honesty, Beckel chronicles how his addictions nearly killed him until he found help in an unexpected ally, conservative Cal Thomas, who helped him find faith, get sober, and get his life back on track"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
294 pages
Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • January 20, 2001
  • Surviving Childhood
  • Fighting for the Cause
  • Capitol Cops and Whores
  • Campaign Years
  • In the White House
  • Where's the Beef?
  • TV Lights
  • Crash and Burn
  • Hitting Bottom
  • Grace
  • The Five
  • Beyond Surviving
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9780316347754
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I should be dead : my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction
Title
I should be dead
Title remainder
my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction
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Bob Beckel with John David Mann
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Contributor
Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"From popular TV personality Bob Beckel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith. Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: to avoid conflict, mask his feelings, and to lie--all skills that served him well in Washington, where he would become the youngest-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and manage Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. But Beckel was living a double life. On January 20, 2001--George W. Bush's first Inauguration Day--he hit rock bottom, waking up in the psych ward. Written with captivating honesty, Beckel chronicles how his addictions nearly killed him until he found help in an unexpected ally, conservative Cal Thomas, who helped him find faith, get sober, and get his life back on track"--
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autobiography
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10455459
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Beckel, Bob
Dewey number
  • 320.092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
E840.8.B43
LC item number
A3 2015
Literary form
non fiction
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Mann, John David
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True
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  • Beckel, Bob
  • Political consultants
  • Political culture
  • Political culture
  • United States
  • United States
  • Television personalities
  • Recovering addicts
Target audience
adult
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my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction
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I should be dead : my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction, Bob Beckel with John David Mann
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Contents
Author's Note -- Prologue -- January 20, 2001 -- Surviving Childhood -- Fighting for the Cause -- Capitol Cops and Whores -- Campaign Years -- In the White House -- Where's the Beef? -- TV Lights -- Crash and Burn -- Hitting Bottom -- Grace -- The Five -- Beyond Surviving -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
294 pages
Isbn
9780316347754
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2015028608
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 907169312
  • (OCoLC)907169312
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I should be dead : my life surviving politics, TV, and addiction, Bob Beckel with John David Mann
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volume
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  • nc
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Author's Note -- Prologue -- January 20, 2001 -- Surviving Childhood -- Fighting for the Cause -- Capitol Cops and Whores -- Campaign Years -- In the White House -- Where's the Beef? -- TV Lights -- Crash and Burn -- Hitting Bottom -- Grace -- The Five -- Beyond Surviving -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
294 pages
Isbn
9780316347754
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2015028608
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 907169312
  • (OCoLC)907169312

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