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• catalog abstract ""In 1931, a young lawyer from Rhode Island with middle-class, Irish Catholic roots came to Washington to clerk for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. He had earned among the highest grades ever attained at Harvard Law School and possessed a force of personality to match his intellect. Corcoran would become the most important and valued strategist in FDR's inner circle, and after leaving government he would become one of the driving forces in modern lobbying and influence peddling as we know it." "Corcoran was the first "super-lobbyist," the first person to fully appreciate how World War II changed Washington, the first person to fully understand the symbiotic relationship between the executive branch, the Congress, and corporate America. Corcoran knew how to size people up, apply leverage, and call in - to devastating effect - the favors he liberally spread around town. Yet despite his lasting influence, his fascinating story has never before been told. Drawing on sources ranging from FBI wiretaps to interviews with family members, author David McKean traces Corcoran's career from his early days with Holmes and FDR to his behind-the-scenes orchestration of President Eisenhower's intervention in Guatemala." "Corcoran's life is peppered with political luminaries, including Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Henry Luce, Evita Peron, and Lyndon Johnson. McKean's account also tells the story of Corcoran's twenty-year romantic relationship with the exotic power broker Anna Chan Chennault, a champion of conservative Republican causes. Anyone interested in the history of Washington's inner workings and tales of political intrigue will find this story irresistible."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13125028.
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1933-1953.".
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
• catalog created "c2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "c2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
• catalog description ""In 1931, a young lawyer from Rhode Island with middle-class, Irish Catholic roots came to Washington to clerk for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. He had earned among the highest grades ever attained at Harvard Law School and possessed a force of personality to match his intellect. Corcoran would become the most important and valued strategist in FDR's inner circle, and after leaving government he would become one of the driving forces in modern lobbying and influence peddling as we know it." "Corcoran was the first "super-lobbyist," the first person to fully appreciate how World War II changed Washington, the first person to fully understand the symbiotic relationship between the executive branch, the Congress, and corporate America. Corcoran knew how to size people up, apply leverage, and call in - to devastating effect - the favors he liberally spread around town. Yet despite his lasting influence, his fascinating story has never before been told. Drawing on sources ranging from FBI wiretaps to interviews with family members, author David McKean traces Corcoran's career from his early days with Holmes and FDR to his behind-the-scenes orchestration of President Eisenhower's intervention in Guatemala." "Corcoran's life is peppered with political luminaries, including Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Henry Luce, Evita Peron, and Lyndon Johnson. McKean's account also tells the story of Corcoran's twenty-year romantic relationship with the exotic power broker Anna Chan Chennault, a champion of conservative Republican causes. Anyone interested in the history of Washington's inner workings and tales of political intrigue will find this story irresistible."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-348) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: An Irish Ballad -- The Early Years -- Most Likely to Succeed -- A Wonderful Education -- The New Deal Years -- The Coming of the New Deal -- Battling Wall Street -- The Little Red Schoolhouse -- Frankfurter's Hotdogs -- Battling Big Business -- Apex of Power -- The Second New Deal -- Corcoran and Court Packing -- The Price of Loyalty -- Time to Make a Million -- The War Years -- A New Stage -- Peddling Influence -- Under Investigation -- The Wiretap -- The Lobbyist Years -- The Key to Lobbying -- The Truman Years -- Foreign Policy by Other Means -- Corcoran's Cold War -- Family and Friends -- The Late 1950s -- Using the Back Door -- LBJ for the USA -- The Late Years -- Lobbying the Court -- Plenty of Action -- Vietnam, Watergate, and Nixon -- The Admiral -- Conclusion: A Fire in His Heart.".
• catalog extent "viii, 368 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Tommy the Cork.".
• catalog identifier "1586420682 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Tommy the Cork.".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "c2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "South Royalton, Vt. : Steerforth Press,".
• catalog relation "Tommy the Cork.".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1933-1953.".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "324/.092 B 22".
• catalog subject "Corcoran, Thomas G.".
• catalog subject "E748.C863 M38 2004".
• catalog subject "Political consultants United States Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: An Irish Ballad -- The Early Years -- Most Likely to Succeed -- A Wonderful Education -- The New Deal Years -- The Coming of the New Deal -- Battling Wall Street -- The Little Red Schoolhouse -- Frankfurter's Hotdogs -- Battling Big Business -- Apex of Power -- The Second New Deal -- Corcoran and Court Packing -- The Price of Loyalty -- Time to Make a Million -- The War Years -- A New Stage -- Peddling Influence -- Under Investigation -- The Wiretap -- The Lobbyist Years -- The Key to Lobbying -- The Truman Years -- Foreign Policy by Other Means -- Corcoran's Cold War -- Family and Friends -- The Late 1950s -- Using the Back Door -- LBJ for the USA -- The Late Years -- Lobbying the Court -- Plenty of Action -- Vietnam, Watergate, and Nixon -- The Admiral -- Conclusion: A Fire in His Heart.".
• catalog title "Tommy the Cork : Washington's ultimate insider from Roosevelt to Reagan / David McKean.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".