The Bloviator
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Fiction & Literature, Historical
| Author: | Jim Yoakum | ISBN: | 9781540143242 |
| Publisher: | Precision Chicken | Publication: | August 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jim Yoakum |
| ISBN: | 9781540143242 |
| Publisher: | Precision Chicken |
| Publication: | August 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
1923: Faced with impending personal, and political, scandals (corrupt cabinet members, drinking, gambling, failing health made worse by a quack physician, blackmailers attempting to exploit his numerous affairs and bastard children, murders and suicides), President Warren G. Harding embarks on a cross-country train trip, from Washington D.C. to Alaska, in an effort to rehabilitate his chances for re-election. But the GOP have lost faith in Warren. However, they have taken a liking to the idea of running the first-ever female president: Florence, his smart, and ambitious wife. After all, it had been Florence who had spearheaded the innovations that got Warren elected in 1920: the creation of robo-calls, the celebrity endorsement, photo-ops, direct marketing... And it was Florence who was both the brains of the outfit, and is the star of this show. Harding was simply the handsome, good natured, overly-trusting, face. Based on the true, last (and unbelievably bizarre) 6 months in the life of America's 29th President, THE BLOVIATOR tells the story of sex, drugs, scandals, murder, suicides-and the presidency. THE BLOVIATOR is a "fiction fueled by fact" in that, while some elements are constructions, they are well with-in the plausibility, and probability, range of the facts, as we know them. THE BLOVIATOR is an epic, a massive and sprawling work, history as absurdity, as if it were being filtered through a cracked prism, but the prism is not cracked as most of the story told is unbelievably, incredibly true.
1923: Faced with impending personal, and political, scandals (corrupt cabinet members, drinking, gambling, failing health made worse by a quack physician, blackmailers attempting to exploit his numerous affairs and bastard children, murders and suicides), President Warren G. Harding embarks on a cross-country train trip, from Washington D.C. to Alaska, in an effort to rehabilitate his chances for re-election. But the GOP have lost faith in Warren. However, they have taken a liking to the idea of running the first-ever female president: Florence, his smart, and ambitious wife. After all, it had been Florence who had spearheaded the innovations that got Warren elected in 1920: the creation of robo-calls, the celebrity endorsement, photo-ops, direct marketing... And it was Florence who was both the brains of the outfit, and is the star of this show. Harding was simply the handsome, good natured, overly-trusting, face. Based on the true, last (and unbelievably bizarre) 6 months in the life of America's 29th President, THE BLOVIATOR tells the story of sex, drugs, scandals, murder, suicides-and the presidency. THE BLOVIATOR is a "fiction fueled by fact" in that, while some elements are constructions, they are well with-in the plausibility, and probability, range of the facts, as we know them. THE BLOVIATOR is an epic, a massive and sprawling work, history as absurdity, as if it were being filtered through a cracked prism, but the prism is not cracked as most of the story told is unbelievably, incredibly true.
