Ben Vore’s Reviews > The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan > Status Update

Oof. From the chapter “Hank Aaron”: “The Cincinnati Reds front office asked how they could accommodate [Hank Aaron] on his special day. It was April 4 — the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. A black man and a civil rights supporter, Aaron asked that there be a moment of silence before the game. They refused.”

Find me someone who loves me like Rick Perlstein loves the word “peroration” (four appearances through 188 pages).