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Available
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Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2009), 76 pages
Description
Rachel Maddow is the first openly gay woman to host a primetime television show. She took Air America Radio by storm in 2005, and her Rachel Maddow Show premiered on MSNBC in 2008. Her quirky style and distinct persona make her one of the more interesting characters of the political establishment. Rachel Maddow: A Large Print, Neowonk Guide to the Leftist, Lesbian Pundit is an introduction to the life, ideas, and career of a truly fascinating individual.
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I love Rachel Maddow. I never miss a podcast of her Air America show or her MSNBC show. She is a wonderful commentator and brilliant woman. However, this book is an enormous disappointment. More information was available about Rachel on the Wikipedia entry than Xander put in his entire book. Even
I read the book in less than 30 minutes and learned nothing new. The cover has a very grainy blurred and unbecoming picture of Rachel, who has the greatest smile and is the prettiest woman on TV today. I have downloaded (free) aboslutely beautiful pictures of Rachel that put Cricket's rather childish cover to shame.
The book tells nothing of Rachel's terrific support of US Military vets with such notable people as General Colin Powell, Paul Reikoff and Tammy Duckworth. Nor does it discuss her excellent interviews with Richard Engel on the situation in the middle East. The least important fact in the entire book is that Rachel is gay, but Xander can't seem to write about that often enough.
When someone publishes a good biography about Rachel, I want to read it.
This is not the book. As Rachel might say: "Scrub, rinse, repeat." And get it right the next time.
Amazon says "Xander Cricket, the author, is an Oklahoman writer who spends his time traveling the world and profiling people of influence." This book is a "profile" not a biography. To write this book it must have taken Cricket an hour on the internet or maybe one 'Ask Dr. Maddow' interview for ".... those things he was just too lazy to Google himself".
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more is available on Rachel's websites, face book pages, and other sources. I read the book in less than 30 minutes and learned nothing new. The cover has a very grainy blurred and unbecoming picture of Rachel, who has the greatest smile and is the prettiest woman on TV today. I have downloaded (free) aboslutely beautiful pictures of Rachel that put Cricket's rather childish cover to shame.
The book tells nothing of Rachel's terrific support of US Military vets with such notable people as General Colin Powell, Paul Reikoff and Tammy Duckworth. Nor does it discuss her excellent interviews with Richard Engel on the situation in the middle East. The least important fact in the entire book is that Rachel is gay, but Xander can't seem to write about that often enough.
When someone publishes a good biography about Rachel, I want to read it.
This is not the book. As Rachel might say: "Scrub, rinse, repeat." And get it right the next time.
Amazon says "Xander Cricket, the author, is an Oklahoman writer who spends his time traveling the world and profiling people of influence." This book is a "profile" not a biography. To write this book it must have taken Cricket an hour on the internet or maybe one 'Ask Dr. Maddow' interview for ".... those things he was just too lazy to Google himself".
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
76 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
1442122676 / 9781442122673