#1593 – Jon Ward

January 29, 2019 00:25:00
#1593 – Jon Ward
The Book Show
#1593 – Jon Ward

Jan 29 2019 | 00:25:00

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Show Notes

Told in full for the first time, “Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party” is a carefully threaded narrative of Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter leading up to a brutal primary in 1980 that forever altered American politics. Jon Ward, a 20+ year D.C. political journalist, will join us on this […]

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