Word: harpers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...John D. Harper, President, Aluminum Co. of America...
...DAYS: The Siege of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury. 635 pages. Harper...
AFTERWORDS: NOVELISTS ON THEIR NOVELS: Edited by Thomas McCormack. 231 pages. Harper...
Much of Halberstam's work appeared in Harper's when he was covering the contemporary political scene for the magazine. His analysis of the background of Kennedy's campaign--the alienation over the war and Kennedy's rapport with minority groups--is acute. He understood what was happening and why it was happening better than many of his contemporaries on the campaign trail...
Witcover attempted to deal with Kennedy's campaign in the traditional mold of journalist-authors and failed to get at the essence of his subject. Halberstam succeeds in his short mood work. The Harper's contributing editor has learned to deal with the new politics and the changes in campaign style by adapting his style. It is a hopeful sign...