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Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes
October 13, 2009
Taylor Branch writer, 1989 Pulitzer Prize

Taylor Branch talks about his book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, an account of President Bill Clinton's confidential diary project, aimed at preserving the fullest record of his administration. The book is based on 78 diary sessions between 1993 and 2001.

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Binding: Hardcover, 720 pages
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