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With Washington , the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of The Washington Post wrote an instant classic, a sociology of Washington, D.C., that is as wise as it is wry. Greenfield, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book secretly in the final two years of herā¦
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The book Washington chronicles the significant career of Meg Greenfield, an editorial page editor ofĀ The Washington Post. Greenfield, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book during the last two years of her life. Greenfieldās boss and close friend Katharine Graham contributed the foreword which provides context. Greenfield came to Washington in 1961 and was hired by the Post a few years later. Her editorials at theĀ PostĀ and her columns inĀ Newsweek were witty and smart. Her stories provide a political picture of Washington, D.C. at the end of the American century. She wasā¦
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