A Pleasant Institution: Key-C Major

By John S. Monagan

Book Overview

A Pleasant Institution is the memoir of John S. Monagan, who details the experiences of eight decades of the century from 1911 to the present. He tells the story of a modern Connecticut Yankee and his life as a lawyer, mayor, congressman, author, athlete, and scion of a family prominent in New York City for 250 years. Whether describing the curious protocol observed in a Prohibition-era speakeasy, the Olympic presence of Harvard Law professors in the 1930s or the mood of a White House ball during the Bay of Pigs crisis, this book is full of vivid characters and memorable events.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076182152X
• ISBN13: 9780761821526
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.9" x 5.4"