Chappaquiddick
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Chappaquiddick
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Narrateur(s):
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Peter Berkrot
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Auteur(s):
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Leo Damore
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Howie Carr - foreword
À propos de cet audio
A young woman leaves a party with a wealthy US senator. The next morning her body is discovered in his car at the bottom of a pond.
This is the damning true story of the death of campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick and of the senator - a 37-year-old Senator Ted Kennedy - who left her trapped underwater while he returned to his hotel, slept, and made phone calls to associates. It is the story of a powerful, privileged American man who was able to treat a woman's life as disposable without facing real consequences. And it is the story of a shameful political cover-up involving one of the nation's most well-connected families and its network of lawyers, public relations people, and friends who ensured Ted Kennedy remained a respected member of the Senate for 40 more years.
Leo Damore's 1988 national best seller, originally entitled Senatorial Privilege, almost didn't make it into print after its original publisher, Random House, judged it too explosive and backed out of its contract with Damore. Mysteriously, none of the other big New York publishers picked it up. Only when small independent publisher Regnery obtained the manuscript was the book's publication made possible and the true story of the so-called "Chappaquiddick incident" finally told. This new edition, Chappaquiddick, is being released 30 years after the original Senatorial Privilege to coincide with the nationwide theatrical release of the movie Chappaquiddick starring Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, and Jim Gaffigan.
©2018 Leo Damore (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Ce que les auditeurs disent de Chappaquiddick
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2024-08-17
Markedly Matter-Of-Fact
According to the excellent Foreword by Howie Carr, author Leo Damore encountered a jaw-dropping degree of resistance to the publication of this book.
I honestly can't see why that would be.
This book is about as far from "salacious" as you could imagine. True, it documents a frustrating cover-up.. but nothing that any citizen wouldn't *expect* from a politician (OF COURSE they lie and obfuscate). The author's punctilious adherence to "just-the-facts" reporting is so evident, in fact, that the book is actually annoyingly dry. I don't understand the controversy.
Contributing to my "passable" assessment of the book, Peter Berkrot exhibits indistinctive voice-acting and a nasal reading timbre that I found mildly offputting after a few hours (of a 16-hour-long recording). Don't get me wrong, his diction, cadence, pacing, and tone are creditable.. and Berkrot's Massachusetts accent is spot-on (his impression of Ted Kennedy is straight-up uncanny). It's just that Blackstone Audio Inc. could have cast the project better.
Altogether, I rate 'Chappaquiddick' 7 stars out of 10. The deficiencies in execution are a little bit disappointing, but I am pleased that I found this book in the 'Plus' catalog. If you can likewise get it as a free listen, Do So. It may even be worth a Credit to anyone looking for the naked facts of the story.
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