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Encore Booknotes: Nina Easton, "Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade"

Nina Easton

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Nina Easton discusses her book Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade, published by Simon and Schuster.She offers interlocking portraits of the conservative figures, among them Bill Kristol and Ralph Reed, who have pushed the country to the right and to changed the direction of American politics. Ms. Easton also includes portraits of Clint Bolick, Grover Norquist and David McIntosh.

About the Authors

Nina Easton

Nina Easton is the Washington Bureau Chief for Fortune magazine. She reported on the 2004 political campaign for the Boston Globe, and she published the book "John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography" with her colleagues at the paper. Easton is a California native. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of California, Berkeley.


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Encore Booknotes: Nina Easton, "Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade"

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