Ol' Strom: An Unauthorzied Biography of Strom ThurmondUniv of South Carolina Press, 2002 - 368 páginas The life story of Strom Thurmond, one of America's most enduring political figures. Starting life in the public service in the 1920s and serving in the US Army during World War II, he long held political ambitions which were realised with more than 48 continuous years service in the Senate. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The Boldness of an Edgefield Man | 7 |
Good Genes | 25 |
The Political Launch | 37 |
Judge Thurmond | 53 |
Sue Logue | 63 |
DDay | 73 |
The Liberal Governor | 79 |
Tragedy Strikes | 185 |
The Republican Road | 189 |
Abe Fortas | 207 |
Nixons the One | 219 |
The Beauty Queen | 235 |
Time for Change | 247 |
Bringing Home the Bacon | 263 |
Colored Offspring | 273 |
Jean Crouch | 89 |
Dixiecrat | 97 |
Campaign of the Century | 119 |
Opportunity Knocks | 135 |
The WriteIn Candidate | 139 |
Rambunctious Democrat | 149 |
Mainstream Senator | 289 |
My Baby is Dying | 313 |
Constituent Service | 327 |
Grand Old Man | 335 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond Jack Bass,Marilyn W. Thompson Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Rick Perlstein Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |