num_pages: 320
description: Theorizes that a president's successful election, administration, and legacy is largely due to effective image building, describing how presidents throughout history have written their own stories to maximize acceptance, in a social study that also examines the American public's susceptibility to storytelling. 30,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Power and the Story: How the Crafted Presidential Narrative Has Determined Political Success from George Washington to George W. Bush
titlecomplete: The Power and the Story: How the Crafted Presidential Narrative Has Determined Political Success from George Washington to George W. Bush
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The