false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172760247m/213392.jpg 213392 3 The father of our country slept with Martha, but schlepped in the District. Now in the great man&#8217;s footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the city&#8217;s founding. Well, not really. We&#8217;re just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that there&#8217;s never been a more enjoyable, funny, and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious, and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious.<br><br>In <b>Washington Schlepped Here</b>, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his &#8220;other&#8221; Washington. They include &#8220;Dante&#8217;s Paradiso&#8221; (Union Station); the &#8220;Zero Milestone of American democracy&#8221; (the U.S. Capitol); the &#8220;Almost Pink House&#8221; (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichés that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical, <b>Washington Schlepped Here</b> shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on. 492520 8 4 2003 Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital (Crown Journeys) total:82|5:14|4:22|3:28|2:13|1:5| 82 273 133 22 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 20:04:35 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 13:35:55 -0800 2009 Brief, humorous?, overview of Washington, D.C. The author's Republican view point did most certainly c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:45:13 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:22:27 -0700 2009
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