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This is a wonderful autographed copy of a HC book written by Blair Moody. This is called BOOM OR BUST and was published in 1941 and is the FIRST EDITION as marked. It has 336 pages.
This is the web history on Blair Moody: MOODY, Arthur Edson Blair, a Senator from Michigan; born in New Haven, Conn., February 13, 1902; attended the public schools in Providence, R.I.; graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1922; instructor in history, Moses Brown Preparatory School, Providence, R.I., 1922-1923; moved to Detroit, Mich.; reporter covering Washington, D.C., for the Detroit News 1923-1951; correspondent for Barron’s Financial Weekly 1934-1948 and also wrote extensively for the North American Newspaper Alliance and the Bell Syndicate; combat war correspondent in 1944, covering the war in Italy, Africa, the British Isles, the Middle East, and Iran; moderated a radio and television program ‘Meet Your Congress’ 1946-1952; foreign correspondent 1947-1948; appointed on April 22, 1951, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur H. Vandenberg and served from April 23, 1951, to November 4, 1952; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy and also for election to the full term; resumed his newspaper and radio career; died in Ann Arbor, Mich., while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, July 20, 1954 In March, 1952 John F. Kennedy as a twenty-four-year-old-ensign in the United States Navy, doing administrative chores at Charleston, South Carolina, and eager to get into action. It would be over a year before PT-Boat 109 went down in the South Pacific; mean while kennedy spent some of his restlessness reading books on current affairs. One of the books he read was "Boom or Bust" by Washington correspondent named Blair Moody.
Circa: 1941
Publisher: Duell Sloan Pierce
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