02590nam 2200577 450 991079754130332120170919051103.01-4422-4990-0(CKB)3710000000471253(EBL)4085991(SSID)ssj0001543956(PQKBManifestationID)16136114(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543956(PQKBWorkID)13736733(PQKB)10989618(MiAaPQ)EBC4085991(EXLCZ)99371000000047125320160122h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe autobiography of Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts governor, U.S. senator, and Yankee icon /by Leverett Saltonstall with Edward Weeks ; introduction by Richard E. Byrd IIILanham, [Maryland] :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (283 p.)Includes index.1-4422-5143-3 The Autobiography Of Leverett Saltonstall ; CONTENTS ; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction to the 2015 Edition ; I. Growing up in politics ; II. Scandals, law and legislation ; III. Eight years as House Speaker ; IV. The sweet and sour of being governor ; V. Joining America's ""most select club"" ; VI. Committees, filibusters and debates ; VII. Overseeing the CIA and censuring McCarthy ; VIII. Working with John F. Kennedy ; IX. ""If I was of any help . . . I am glad."" ; IndexIn this fascinating autobiography, the late Massachusetts Governor and Senator Leverett Saltonstall shares stories from a political career that spanned nearly five decades-from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the chambers of the U.S. Senate.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyGovernorsMassachusettsBiographyLegislatorsMassachusettSBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1933-1945MassachusettsPolitics and government20th centuryLegislatorsGovernorsLegislators328.73092Saltonstall Leverett1892-1979,1565788Weeks Edward1898-1989,Byrd Richard E.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797541303321The autobiography of Leverett Saltonstall3835770UNINA