title: Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country
author:  Tim Scott 
description: <b>From the back cover:<br /><br />Our nation is hungry for unity.</b><br />Most Americans would rather celebrate what we have in common than focus on our differences. But the feelings of division are real. In recent years, the very foundation of our melting-pot society has been shakenironically, by our differences. We long for a story that will give us a glimpse of how to once again find harmony within our diversity.<br /><br />This is that story.<br /><br /><b>From the flap:</b><br /><br /><b>If friendship and reconciliation can happen in Washington, DC, it can happen anywhere.</b><br /><i>Unified</i> tells the remarkable story of two men who came from very different backgrounds: one the ambitious grandson of a cotton picker, the other trained as a lawyer. Decades ago, no one would have predicted their paths would one day be intertwined. But they became good friends and an inspiration to others. If such a friendship can thrive in the competitive world of Washington, DC, it can happen in your community as well.<br /><br />If were going to heal the division in our nation, it will only happen through dedicated friendships that overcome our differences. Thats why Senator Tim Scott and Congressman Trey Gowdy are committed to sharing their story to encourage and inspire others.<br /><br /><b>We <i>can</i> restore our communitiesone friendship at a time.</b>
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  GAME OF MATES
  
  
  HOW FAVOURS BLEED THE NATION
  
  
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  CAMERON MURRAY and PAUL FRIJTERS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in 2017
  
  
  By Cameron Murray and Paul Frijters
  
  
  Copyright © Cameron Murray and Paul Frijters
  
  
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  National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry.
  
  
  Author: Cameron Murray and Paul Frijters.
  
  
  Title: GAME OF MATES, HOW FAVOURS BLEED THE NATION
  
  
  ISBN: 978-0-6480611-1-3 (ebook)
  
  
  ISBN: 978-0-6480611-0-6 (paperback)
  
  
  Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy
  
  
  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
  
  
  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
  
  
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