Morning And Noon (Inscribed & Signed) Dean Acheson Biography & Autobiography

Dean Acheson, former Secretary of State and President Truman's main foreign policy advisor, shares his early youth and career. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, he continued through Law School, clerked for Justice Brandeis and lived in Washington DC. He entered private practice before acting as Under Secretary of the Treasury and later as Secretary of State. A warm, modest and charming account. xiii, Introduction, Notes, Index, Photographs, 288 pp. CONDITION: Hardbound yellow boards entitled on cover and spine. Warm inscription on front fly leaf opposite a painting by Sargent glued to pastedown. Deckled fore edge; sound binding. Pictorial dust jacket has tears, chips and rubbing. Front jacket torn from spine. Text free of writing. Full refund if not satisfied.