Overview
Long a family-friendly tourist destination and educational mecca for students, Washington, DC, is immediately recognizable for its world-class museums and monuments riddled with symbolism. Washington's other signature stamp-politics-attracts visitors of a different kind. Power players from around the globe gather in the nation's capital to make history. But that's not all there is to the city. Part tour guide, part trivia book, Washington, DC's Most Wanted (TM) shows you its ins and outs (and sometimes confusing roundabouts). Included in the book's many chapters are top-ten lists on homegrown artists, authors, and athletes; historic hotels and bars known for their patrons' wheelings and dealings; local hauntings and lore; and, of course, memorable scandals that erupted within the originally diamond-shaped district. Native Washingtonians, as many know, are few and far between, but even they will find a treasure trove of entertaining facts inside these pages.
Full Product Details
Author: Brigette Polmar ,
Norman Polmar
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.313kg
ISBN: 9781597971508
ISBN 10: 1597971502
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 July 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Washington, DC's Most Wanted is no boring book about politics and politicians but includes some of the most memorable scandals. --Washington Examiner--Washington Examiner (07/21/2009)
Washington, DC's Most Wanted is no boring book about politics and politicians but includes some of the most memorable scandals. --Washington Examiner-- (7/21/2009 12:00:00 AM)
Washington, DC s Most Wanted is no boring book about politics and politicians but includes some of the most memorable scandals.
""Washington, DC’s Most Wanted is no boring book about politics and politicians but includes some of the most memorable scandals.”—Washington Examiner
Author Information
Norman Polmar is an analyst and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. He has been an adviser on naval issues to three U.S. senators, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and three secretaries of the U.S. Navy, as well as to the leadership of Australian, Chinese, and Israeli navies. Polmar is the author or coauthor or more than fifty books, including Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945–2001 with coauthor K. J. Moore (Potomac, 2005) and The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (Potomac, 2004).
