Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right: American life in columns
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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018.
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"Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right is a collection of Michael Smerconish's opinion columns dating back to his debut at the Philadelphia Daily News sixteen years ago and continuing through today. Smerconish has provided additional commentary after each piece; the commentary is original to the book"--

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Collection of the author's columns from the Philadelphia Daily News and Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer, 2002-2016.
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"Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right is a collection of Michael Smerconish's opinion columns dating back to his debut at the Philadelphia Daily News sixteen years ago and continuing through today. Smerconish has provided additional commentary after each piece; the commentary is original to the book"--,Provided by publisher.

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Smerconish, M. A., & Axelrod, D. (2018). Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right: American life in columns. Temple University Press.

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Smerconish, Michael A. and David Axelrod. 2018. Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns. Temple University Press.

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Smerconish, Michael A. and David Axelrod, Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns. Temple University Press, 2018.

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Smerconish, Michael A., and David Axelrod. Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns. Temple University Press, 2018.

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