Living history hillary clinton pdf free download

book by Hillary Clinton

Living History is a memoir by Hillary Clinton. It was written when she was a sitting Senator from New York.

Background and writing

In December , Simon & Schuster agreed to pay Clinton a reported $8 million advance for what became Living History—a near-record figure to an author for an advance at that time.^[1] Critics charged that the book deal, coming soon after her election to the U.S.

Senate, but before being sworn into office, was not in adherence to the ethical standards required for members of the U.S. Senate.^[2] However, in February , the Senate Ethics Committee gave Clinton approval for the deal.^[3]

Clinton reportedly used three ghostwriters for Living History: veteran ghostwriter Maryanne Vollers, speechwriter Alison Muscatine, and researcher Ruby Shamir.^[4] Muscatine later related how the three would meet at Clinton's house early in the morning before she left for th