A Song to My City: Washington, DC - Paperback
by Carol Lancaster (Author), Douglas Farrar (With)
This deeply felt memoir is a love letter to Washington, DC. Lancaster, a third-generation Washingtonian, takes readers on a tour of the capital from its swamp-infested beginnings to the present day, with an insider's view of the gritty politics, environment, society, culture, and larger-than-life heroes that characterize her beloved hometown.
Carol Lancaster was the dean of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University from 2010 until her death in 2014. A member of the US Department of State's policy planning staff and then deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa, she came to SFS in 1981 as a research professor; she later became director of the Africa Studies program. From 1993 to 1996, Carol took a leave of absence from her academic work to serve as deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development. She was the author of several books including Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics.
Douglas Farrar, Carol Lancaster's son, is a policy and communications professional living and working in Washington, DC. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, he completed his mother's book after her death.
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