This edition had all images removed.
LoC No.: 51009812
Title: Washington Confidential
Credits:
Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, Emmanuel d'Alzon
Library (Assumption College) and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
produced from images made available by the HathiTrust
Digital Library.)
Summary: "Washington Confidential" by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer is a revealing and controversial exposé written in the early 1950s. This book offers a gritty look at the underbelly of Washington, D.C., exploring issues of corruption, vice, and the peculiarities of life in the nation’s capital. Through their journalistic lens, the authors promise an unfiltered narrative that challenges the sanitized image of Washington as the seat of political power. The opening of "Washington Confidential" sets the stage for this exploration by framing the city as a paradox. Lait and Mortimer share their intent to dissect Washington, revealing it as a place of stark contradictions—architectural beauty alongside moral decay. They describe how Washington's political landscape is intertwined with vice, crime, and an extraordinary excess of government employees who engage in dubious activities. Their tone is acerbic and satirical, giving readers a sense that much of what lies beneath the surface of this capital city is overshadowed by a casual acceptance of vice, hinting at a darker reality far removed from the official narratives of governance and reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Lait, Jack, 1882-1954
Author: Mortimer, Lee, 1904-1963
EBook No.: 63469
Published: Oct 16, 2020
Downloads: 809
Language: English
Subject: Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Subject: Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
LoCC: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 51009812
Title: Washington Confidential
Credits:
Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, Emmanuel d'Alzon
Library (Assumption College) and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
produced from images made available by the HathiTrust
Digital Library.)
Summary: "Washington Confidential" by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer is a revealing and controversial exposé written in the early 1950s. This book offers a gritty look at the underbelly of Washington, D.C., exploring issues of corruption, vice, and the peculiarities of life in the nation’s capital. Through their journalistic lens, the authors promise an unfiltered narrative that challenges the sanitized image of Washington as the seat of political power. The opening of "Washington Confidential" sets the stage for this exploration by framing the city as a paradox. Lait and Mortimer share their intent to dissect Washington, revealing it as a place of stark contradictions—architectural beauty alongside moral decay. They describe how Washington's political landscape is intertwined with vice, crime, and an extraordinary excess of government employees who engage in dubious activities. Their tone is acerbic and satirical, giving readers a sense that much of what lies beneath the surface of this capital city is overshadowed by a casual acceptance of vice, hinting at a darker reality far removed from the official narratives of governance and reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Lait, Jack, 1882-1954
Author: Mortimer, Lee, 1904-1963
EBook No.: 63469
Published: Oct 16, 2020
Downloads: 809
Language: English
Subject: Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Subject: Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
LoCC: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.