Scorpion Tongues New and Updated Edition

Gossip, Celebrity, and American Politics

By: Gail Collins

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Paperback | 30 January 2007

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From Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson Clinton, Scorpion Tongues is a popular history of gossip in American politics. Complete with wickedly delightful anecdotes of major and minor politicians and entertainers over the last 200 years, Gail Collins examines the evolving relationship between politicians and the press and the blurring of the lines between politicians and celebrities. Supported by extensive research and written with an entertaining flair, she speculates on how gossip reflects the current moral compass of the time, noting how a rumor, like an unpredictable summer tornado, can flatten one reputation while a similar story passes over another with hardly a rustle. "Hilariously readable" (The Economist), Scorpion Tongues offers sinful scandals and mild hearsay for every taste.

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Introduction	p. xi
The Road to Hillary's Lamp	p. 1
Public and Private Sinning, 1776-1830	p. 23
Gossip and Mutating Morals, 1830-1880	p. 45
The Birth of the Celebrity Class, 1880-1900	p. 71
The Anxiety of the Moment, 1890-1920	p. 95
Political Gossip Goes Underground, 1920-1945	p. 123
The Quiet Years, 1945-1964	p. 155
The Deluge of Defining Events, 1964-1980	p. 181
The Institutionalization of Gossip, 1980-1990	p. 207
Endless Exposure, 1990-1999	p. 233
Millennial Politics	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 303
Acknowledgments	p. 341
Index	p. 345
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