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Nixonland
By Rick Perlstein
Scribner, 881 pages, $37.50
Breezy is not a word usually associated with a book this size, but Rick Perlstein’s passion, conversational tone and eye for irony make “Nixonland” a fun read. Perlstein doesn’t just re-create 1960s rebellion — he electrifies those days. Rather than being a biography of Richard Nixon, this book shows how one man blended resentment and fear in a way that defined American politics and culture for successive generations. Perstein will be at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair at noon Sunday. www.printersrowbookfair.org
