The First Presidential Paper
Mailer's standalone essay in Dissent, summer 1963 — reprinted as the introduction to The Presidential Papers (63.37), titled 'A Prefatory Paper — Heroes and Leaders,' with several minor changes including the addition of a list of 34 of the miscellany's topics.
“The First Presidential Paper.” Dissent 10 (summer 1963), 249–54. Essay. Rpt: as the introduction to The Presidential Papers (63.37), titled “A Prefatory Paper — Heroes and Leaders,” with several minor changes including the addition of a list of 34 of the miscellany’s topics.