Main Line Wasp: The Education of Thacher Longstreth

Rating:
Summary: a nice entertaining book . . .
Review: about politics in Philadelphia from the 1950s to the 1970s, by one of its most colorful and beloved practitioners. Not a lot of deep substantive analysis; however, Longstreth's evaluation of Frank Rizzo is interesting and surprisingly favorable. Beach reading in the best sense of the word: entertaining and inoffensive.

Rating:
Summary: a nice entertaining book . . .
Review: about politics in Philadelphia from the 1950s to the 1970s, by one of its most colorful and beloved practitioners. Not a lot of deep substantive analysis; however, Longstreth's evaluation of Frank Rizzo is interesting and surprisingly favorable. Beach reading in the best sense of the word: entertaining and inoffensive.

Rating:
Summary: With a name like Thacher Longstreth, it has to be a winner
Review: I found this integral man's story to be a fascinating account, and source of enlightment for readers of all ages. In the book, Main Line Wasp, whether the reader finds himself laughing aloud or saddened to tears, there never seems to be a dull moment.