To schedule an interview with Mr. Felzenberg or Governor Kean,
please contact GovernorKeanBook@yahoo.com.
Garden State Warrior: The politics of noblesse
oblige, New Jersey style
BY DUNCAN CURRIE
(March 19, 2007, The Weekly Standard,
at encyclopedia.com)
Rarely does a politician who never held national office find his biography
blurbed by such an eclectic mix of luminaries. Bill Clinton, Joe Lieberman,
Jack Kemp, Ed Koch, William F. Buckley Jr., and George Stephanopoulos all
seem to agree that former New Jersey governor Tom Kean has been a model public
servant. Clinton calls him "a wonderful man and a genuine patriot."
Kemp: "Ahead of his time in many ways." Koch: "An extraordinarily
gifted and likable human being." Buckley: "An exemplar of Republican
independence."
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A Garden State of Political Mind
Kean: then & now
( September 20, 2006, National
Review Online)
Alvin Felzenberg is author of the book Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey
Statehouse to the 9-11 Commission. Former press. Felzenberg knows of whom
he speaks, having worked with Kean as deputy and senior director of communications
on the 9/11 commission. Felzenberg recently took some questions from NRO editor
Kathryn Lopez about Keans and the commission.
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Courage and Character: The Adventures of Tom
Kean
BY STUART MITCHNER
(Monday, Aug. 02, 2006, Princeton Town Topics)
When Scott Fitzgerald said "Character is action," he meant
that fictional characters develop dimensions according to what they do in
the course of the narrative, not what the writer tells us about their personal
history or appearance. An effective politician can be compared to an author
developing a character: he has to make himself a sympathetic or compelling
protagonist in a narrative of service where campaigning, legislating, and
leading become the equivalent of action.
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Tom Kean: The politics of inclusion, the 9/11
Commission & the U.S. senator who might have been
BY WES VERNON
(Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, RenewAmerica.us)
Thomas Howard Kean, a Republican, is the last governor of New Jersey
to leave office with his head held high.
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What's in a name? Maybe victory
BY JOSH GOHLKE
(Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, The Record)
The political potency of Republican candidate Tom Kean Jr.'s name makes
it a crucial battleground in this year's U.S. Senate race.
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C-SPAN 2 Book TV
"Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse
to the 9-11 Commission"
(Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, 7:30 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.)
Alvin Felzenberg discusses his latest book on Gov. Tom Kean's New Jersey
governorship and his work on the 9-11 commission.
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Kean touts book, and his son
By JOSHUA KEATING
(Friday, July 14, 2006, Jersey Journal)
"People in Washington won't believe me when I tell them there's
100 Republicans at a gathering in Jersey City," author Alvin Felzenberg
joked yesterday at the Liberty House Restaurant.
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A long-time colleague pens a biography of former Gov. Kean
BY ROBERT WIENER, NJ Jewish News Staff Writer
(Fri, July 6, 2006, from the New
Jersey Jewish News)
It was a chance meeting in 1967 that brought a Rutgers freshman in
contact with an Ivy League Republican running for a seat in the New Jersey
State Assembly.
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Kean Says Spending Must be Cut
BY CHAD WEIHRAUCH
(Mon., July 3, 2006, from the Courier
News)
BRIDGEWATER -- He's one of the few politicians to receive -- and hold -- wide
respect in a state where spectacular falls from office are not uncommon and
bipartisan regard is rare.
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Book Review: Raising Kean
By MICHAEL REDMOND
(Fri., June 23, 2006, as reviewed in The
Princeton Packet)
The ins and outs of New Jersey politics are surely an acquired taste for most
residents of the state, but for those among us who relish the subject, Alvin
S. Felzenberg of Princeton has written a "must" read.
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NJN Coverage of Kean Book Signing
(Fri., June 16, 2006, excerpt from NJN News Broadcast)
View excerpt here.
Book-signing event at Rutgers University
(Thurs., June 15, 2006)
Governor Kean and author Dr. Al Felzenberg respond to questions at a standing-room-only
book-signing event at Rutgers University on June 15.
Book Review: Governor, statesman: A
life of Tom Kean
BY JOHN FARMER
(Sun., June 11, 2006, as reviewed in The
Star-Ledger)
Tom Kean was not the most important governor in the modern history of New
Jersey -- that honor belongs to the late Alfred E. Driscoll -- but Kean was
unquestionably the most popular. And, with the exception of President Woodrow
Wilson, he has made the greatest impact on the national stage.
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