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UNINA9910817180103321 |
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Autore |
Byrd Robert C. |
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Titolo |
Robert C. Byrd : child of the Appalachian coalfields / / by Robert C. Byrd |
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Morgantown : , : West Virginia University Press, , 2015 |
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1-940425-55-7 |
1-940425-56-5 |
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Edizione |
[First, paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (870 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Legislators - United States |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
West Virginia Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""CONTENTS ""; ""FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION""; ""1. CHILD OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS""; ""2. THE DEPRESSION YEARS""; ""3. A POLITICAL CAREER BEGINS""; ""4. MR. BYRD GOES TO WASHINGTON""; ""5. AROUND THE WORLD IN SIXTY-SIX DAYS""; ""6. EXCELSIOR!""; ""7. THE SAPLING GROWS TALL""; ""8. STORMY WATERS""; ""9. CLIMBING THE LEADERSHIP LADDER""; ""10. A VISIT TO RUSSIA ""; ""11. MUDDY WATERS""; ""12. A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION?""; ""13. BUILDING WEST VIRGINIA PIECE BY PIECE""; ""14. THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH""; ""15. THE TOP RUNG�MAJORITY LEADER (1977)"" |
""16. SECOND FIDDLE""""17. BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN""; ""18. ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE""; ""19. A HAND ON THE PURSE STRINGS""; ""20. BUILDING A NEW WEST VIRGINIA""; ""21. WEST VIRGINIA ON THE GO""; ""22. BITS AND PIECES""; ""23. BUILDING A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WEST VIRGINIA ""; ""24. THE WINDS OF CHANGE""; ""25. THE TIDE EBBS""; ""26. FULL CIRCLE""; ""27. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE""; ""28. DRIBS AND DRABS""; ""29. LINE-ITEM VETO STRUCK DOWN""; ""30. IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE""; ""31. SEMPER FIDELIS""; ""AFTERWORD"" |
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