Reading Matters

President Clinton rarely makes a move without first calibrating how it will play with the American people. So one can assume that the books he brought on his vacation, the titles of which the White House released last week, have been painstakingly chosen to send a message about his legacy.

BOOK/AUTHOR COLD HIT, Linda Fairstein

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Novel about rape case by assistant D.A. responsible for prosecuting sex crimes

WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT BILL He is tough on crime...

[BOOK/AUTHOR] A CLEARING IN THE DISTANCE, Witold Rybczynski

[WHAT IT'S ABOUT] Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central...

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