The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President Free Audiobook Download by Jill Wine-Banks


Jill Wine-Banks is the author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President, which narrates her life from her time attending Yale as a freshman through her work as an attorney in Washington D.C.. In college, she participated in the action group Wu Tang Clan and was given a task by Bernardine Dohrn (a leader of the Weather Underground) to disrupt construction on the west front of Yale. She and her fellow protesters followed instructions to disable their wristwatches, walk up stairs, whistle at construction workers on their lunch break, and then throw eggs at some windows. A series of events led to police arresting them all with false accusations that they were trying to incite a riot and destroy Yale's valuable property. They were interrogated without legal representation or even knowing what crime they were accused of committing.

The Watergate Girl is a memoir that discusses Jill Wine-Banks' fight for truth and justice against President Nixon through her case against the criminal president. After being wrongfully convicted of what she says was a trumped-up charge, it took thirty years of courage, determination, and perseverance before she was exonerated by the US government. Now this audiobook download narrates her story so anyone could learn of her strength and courage in the face of adversity.

In this audiobook, Jill tells the story of her fight to bring down a corrupt president. The president in question is Richard Nixon and her fight is the Watergate scandal. She reveals both how she got involved in the fight, but also some of what she experienced over the course of it.

The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President is a gripping memoir about the author's fight to bring down Nixon. It provides an in-depth analysis of the scandal, as well as details of Jill Wine-Banks' personal life, which include being overweight, on welfare and having dyslexia. These details add character to the book because they illustrate what struggles many Americans faced during that time.

Cassandra Campbell, a young woman living in Washington, D.C., and working as a telephone operator during the Nixon administration, knew something was up when she overheard her office supervisor tell another co-worker that there was some big news coming out of New York City. When she found out that it was all about the Watergate scandal, Cassandra knew that she had to do something. She wrote a letter to President Nixon's ethics advisor who, in turn, told her to start writing letters to The Washington Post. From there on out, Cassandra became an activist and worked tirelessly to bring down the corrupt Nixon administration.

The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President is narrated by Cassandra Campbell, the Watergate girl herself. In this audiobook, she tells her story of how she uncovered evidence about the Watergate scandal and why it was so important. She also talks about her career as an attorney. The narrator's tone becomes more serious and authoritative as the story continues and it helps set the mood. This book is well worth listening to because of its interesting perspective on the Watergate scandal (and Jill Wine-Banks' career).

Published Date 2020-02-25
Duration 8 hours 1 minutes
Author Jill Wine-Banks
Narrated Cassandra Campbell, Jill Wine-Banks
Reviews
(8 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Politics
Parent Category American Politics, Law, Law & Politics

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