Author: SCHMIDT, RICK
Title: Black President
Description: Picnic Publishing Ltd, UK, 2008. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780955861314 336 pages. Available Now. Book Description: Rick Schmidt's prescient political thriller - he wrote the first draft pre-9/11 - is a brilliant gallop through half a century of US subterfuge, civil rights stand off, scandal and conspiracy from the Bay of Pigs to the Twin Towers and beyond. Taking as his starting point JFK's well documented promiscuity, Schmidt opens with the President' seduction of a devout, married, African-American woman. Within two and a half years of the couple's single encounter, JFK is assassinated. In a haunting blend of pathos, courage and ambition, and against all conceivable adversity, their son rises from poverty to attain America's highest office. Schmidt skillfully weaves together the most important events and prominent figures of US modern history, reinterpreting events with the benefit of hindsight and an in-depth knowledge of the greatest American conspiracy theories. He takes us into Marilyn Monroe's bedroom, J Edgar Hoover's wardrobe and JFK's cabinet meetings. From here, he leads us into the brutality of assassination - JFK, Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy - and then to the quagmire of Vietnam. : Review: He (Schmidt) super-empowered me. --Vin Diesel, Actor: 'I couldn't put it down....Schmidt tells a fascinating story that mixes history with conspiracy theory and sheer fantasy to deliver a jaw-dropping and extremely entertaining read' --Judith Ehrlich, Direcdtor, 'The Most Dangerous Man in America, Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers' : About the Author: Rick Schmidt's previous published work includes the best selling guides Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices (Penguin 1988, 1995 and 2000) and Extreme DV (Penguin 2004). He has written/directed over 20 features, including the iconoclastic Emerald Cities, since his feature film debut, A Man, A Woman and A Killer, which was co-directed with Wayne Wang (Joy Luck Club, Smoke, Anywhere But Here). Size: 12.9 x 2.5 x 19.8 cm. 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 0955861314. ISBN/EAN: 9780955861314. Inventory No: F237-1267.

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