The Luckiest Man, Mark Salter
The Luckiest Man, Mark Salter
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The Luckiest Man
Life with John McCain

Author: Mark Salter, Mark Salter

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Unabridged: 24 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2020


Synopsis

A “moving and lucidly written memoir” (The Wall Street Journal) of the late Senator John McCain from one of his closest and most trusted confidants, friends, and political advisors.

More so than almost anyone outside of McCain’s immediate family, Mark Salter had unparalleled access to and served to influence the Senator’s thoughts and actions, cowriting seven books with him and acting as a valued confidant. Now, in The Luckiest Man, Salter draws on the storied facets of McCain’s early biography as well as the later-in-life political philosophy for which the nation knew and loved him, delivering an intimate and comprehensive account of McCain’s life and philosophy.

Salter covers all the major events of McCain’s life—his peripatetic childhood, his naval service—but introduces, too, aspects of the man that the public rarely saw and hardly knew. Woven throughout this narrative is also the story of Salter and McCain’s close relationship, including how they met, and why their friendship stood the test of time in a political world known for its fickle personalities and frail bonds.

Through Salter’s revealing and “psychological portrait” (The Washington Post) of one of our country’s finest public servants, McCain emerges as both the man we knew him to be and also someone entirely new. Glimpses of his restlessness, his curiosity, his courage, and sentimentality are rendered with sensitivity and care—as only Mark Salter could provide. The capstone to Salter’s intimate and decades-spanning time with the Senator, The Luckiest Man is the authoritative last word on the stories McCain was too modest to tell himself and an influential life not soon to be forgotten.

About Mark Salter

Mark Salter has collaborated with John McCain on all seven of their books, including The Restless Wave, Faith of My Fathers, Worth the Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, Character Is Destiny, Hard Call, and Thirteen Soldiers. He served on Senator McCain’s staff for eighteen years.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on November 16, 2020

Last week Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection no matter what conspiracy theory he employs or how many lawsuits he implements to overturn the results. One reason he may have lost rests on the state of Arizona which went blue for the first time in decades. Trump’s commentary concerning Senator Jo......more

Goodreads review by Chris on October 25, 2020

Although this book is labeled a biography, it is really a very long remembrance and tribute by the author, Mark Salter, about John McCain, whom he worked for over several decades, a man whom he clearly admired and deeply loved. Finishing the book just now, reading the last few pages that describe Mc......more

Goodreads review by J.Peter on January 03, 2021

What you will find here is inspiration for a meaningful existence. Mr. Salter’s 30-year journey with Senator McCain is a wonderful, real, timely gift everyone would benefit from reading.......more

Goodreads review by David on February 27, 2021

I honestly didn't know much about John McCain before reading this book. I knew he was a Vietnam POW and that he had chosen one of the absolute worst possible people for his VP pick in his 2008 Presidential run against Obama. I remember watching Sarah Palin with incredulity at her complete lack of in......more

Goodreads review by Andy on December 04, 2020

Every American should read this book. Actually everyone should read this book.......more