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Alan stuart franken born may 21, 1951 is an american comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a united states senator from minnesota from 2009 to 2018. Giant of the senate, but they will have to recall it since they must have let out a key word. Al frankens memoir is the best political book of 2017. Al franken, giant of the senate by al franken books on. Al franken, giant of the senate by al franken alibris. Al franken, his wife, frannie, son joe and daughter thomasin smiled after frankens ceremonial swearingin as a senator at the u. Author interview al franken, author of oh, the things i. Al franken books list of books by author al franken thriftbooks. Al franken tells you what he really thinks about donald trump.
A l frankens new memoir, al franken, giant of the senate, covers everything from his 15 years as a writer and performer on saturday night live to the neardeath experience of his first run for. Before entering politics, he was an awardwinning comedy writer, author, and radio talk show host. Aug 02, 2017 the title, in case you didnt notice, is intended to make us laugh or more likely, to chuckle, typical of much of the faux selfdeprecating showbiz humor that runs through this book a. Hard to say, but i hear al frankens new book is full of it, sen. May 24, 2017 al franken, his wife, frannie, son joe and daughter thomasin smiled after frankens ceremonial swearingin as a senator at the u. Alan stuart al franken is an emmy awardwinning american comedian, writer, progressive political commentator, and, recently, politician.
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