Suspected of Independence
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The Life of Thomas McKean, America's First Power Broker
A stirring narrative history of the political manoeuvring and infighting that took place among the Founding Fathers, epitomized in the revolutionary life of Governor, Chief Justice, and last signer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas McKean.
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- ISBN: 9781610392211
- Author: David McKean
- Pub date: 10.05.16
- RRP: $59.99
- Format: Hardback
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David McKean
David McKean is director of Policy Planning for the US Department of State. He is the author of three previous books on American political history: Friends in High Places with Douglas Frantz (Little, Brown and Co.), a New York Times Notable Book Tommy the Cork (Steerforth Press), a Washington Post Book World cover and Best Book and The Great Decision with Cliff Sloan (PublicAffairs), a History Book of the Month Club selection. McKean is a board member of the Foundation for the National Archives. In 2011, he was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International centre for Scholars. He previously served as CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston. Prior to that, McKean was the staff director for the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was chief of staff in Senator John Kerry's personal office from 1999 to 2008. Mr. McKean was a key player in laying the groundwork for the Senator's presidential campaign in 2004 and was a cochairman of the senator's presidential transition team. In 1997 and 1998, he served as the minority staff director for the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. David McKean taught at the Waterford Kamhlaba School in Swaziland from 1981-1982.
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