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Jack Dougherty

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St. Louis, The United States

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Thriller

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Jack Dougherty is author of two books, Most Likely to Succeed at Work (St. Martin’s Press) and Corporate America (Bastable Books). He grew up in St. Louis and began his career in politics, writing speeches for members of the Missouri House of Representatives and, later, for senior politicians on Capitol Hill.

For two decades he has worked at the intersection of politics, big business, the news media, and activist groups—usually when all the forces are colliding head-on. It was at this intersection that he discovered the unintentional folly that informs Corporate America, his satirical novel. Currently he owns and operates his own public affairs consulting firm, which provides boutique writing services and strategic communications counsel ...more

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BENEATH THE BLEACHERS: TEENS, CHOCOLATE, AND UNSAFE SEX

Well, yesterday marked an unwelcome milestone in my 12-year-old daughter Temperance Sternstein-Fernandez’s life: She spent the morning strapped down to an examination table at her pediatrician’s office, shrieking hysterically as she received the first in a series of three shots to be administered over the next six months to protect her against infection from Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

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	Corporate America 3.69 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED AT WORK: How to Get Ahead at Work Using Everything You Learned in High School by Ed.D. and Jack Dougherty Wilma Davidson, Jack Dougherty (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1994 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alms for Oblivion, Vol. I

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“I began chanting that mantra again: ‘It’s better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating ….”
― Jack Dougherty, Corporate America

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“The lobby was as cold and damp and empty as the soul of a Wharton M.B.A.”
― Jack Dougherty, Corporate America

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“It’s better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating … It’s better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating …’ I kept mumbling to myself.”
― Jack Dougherty, Corporate America

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