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Mr. Speaker! : The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster - James Grant

Mr. Speaker!

The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster

By: James Grant

Paperback | 15 May 2012

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“The most influential speaker of the House most people have never heard of…Reed makes for good copy…Grant has managed to rescue Reed from oblivion and to capture the raucous political atmosphere in which Reed did battle” (Jonathan Karl, The Wall Street Journal).

James Grant’s enthralling biography of Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the House during one of the most turbulent times in American history—the decades before the ascension of reformer President Theodore Roosevelt—brings to life one of the brightest, wittiest, and most consequential political stars in our history, a man who changed forever the way the House of Representatives does its business by reforming the misuse of the filibuster.
Industry Reviews
"A winning new biography. . . . After his death, oblivion overtook Reed quite quickly. Grant has helped restore him to his rightful place among the giants of the House."

--Roll Call


"Astute. . . . Grant is excellent in explaining how Reed could be a man of principle but also a practical politician."

--The Washington Post


"It is good to have this excellent biography of Thomas Reed, a vastly underappreciated major figure in American political history. But it is especially worthwhile reading about him right now, because his era has so many similarities - maybe too many - with our own tumultuous and dysfunctional times."

--The New York Times Book Review


"Rollicking.... [a] droll, urbane narrative.... A lively, opinionated, and timely study of irresponsible politics grappling with a dire economy.... Grant's Reed encapsulates a political era that is the mirror image of our own."

--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)


"The most influential speaker of the House most people have never heard of . . . Reed makes for good copy . . . Grant has managed to rescue Reed from oblivion and to capture the raucous political atmosphere in which Reed did battle."

--The Wall Street Journal


"Timely and entertaining. . . . John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Mich McConnell should make Mr. Speaker! mandatory reading."

-- The Sunday Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)

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