Where and How the War was Fought: An Armchair Tour of the American Revolution.

CASEY, William J. [William Safire].

$350.00

Item Number: 133042

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976.

First edition of Casey’s contemporary analysis of the American Revolution. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with maps by Noel Langan Glenn. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Helen and Bill in esteem and friendship Bill Casey.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Karen Thompson.

"An extraordinary study of geography and strategy - Bill Casey's book gives us fresh insights into the conduct of the Revolutionary War" (William Safire). "An indisputable guide to touring the American Revolution (David Abshire).