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Product Identifiers
PublisherMercer University Press
ISBN-100881462594
ISBN-139780881462593
eBay Product ID (ePID)109101002
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRichard Brevard Russell Jr. : Alife of Consequence
SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, General, Political, American Government / State
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSally Russell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-024688
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal328.73092 B
SynopsisIn 1897, the year Richard Brevard Russell, Jr., was born, the world was poised for a dramatic swing into a century that would see more changes in religion, politics, society, science, technology, and war than almost all other centuries of human history combined. It was a wild ride for a boy born to fulfill great expectations in the mercurial modern political arena yet reared to venerate the worn and vanishing splendor of the American South. He would become one of the half dozen most powerful men in Washington for a period of almost twenty years, and it would be frequently admitted, most notably by President Harry Truman, that if Russell had not been from Georgia, if he had been from a state such as Indiana, Illinois or Missouri, the Presidency could not have been denied him. His love of the South and his native state was such that when Truman¿s remark was quoted to him, Russell replied: ¿I¿d rather be from Georgia than be President.¿ This book acquaints the reader with a fascinating and complex man of contrasts. An ardent segregationist who fought civil rights legislation, Richard B. Russell was also the devoted father of the School Lunch Program. A Georgia farm boy, Russell almost idolized the agricultural society from which America sprang but embraced the nuclear age and space technology. An intense family man, he appreciated women, fell in love easily, and conducted numerous affairs. Yet Russell never married. Deeply private, he lived his entire adult life in the public eye. Richard Russell was good company. His personal story makes good reading.
LC Classification NumberE748.R944R87 2011
