Hollywood in American Political Life
by
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Conventional wisdom holds that John F. Kennedy was the first celebrity president, in no small part because of his innate television savvy. But, as Kathryn Cramer Brownell shows, Kennedy capitalized on a tradition and style rooted in California politics and the Hollywood studio system. Since the 1920s,...