Terry Sanford : Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions /

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Terry Sanford (1917-1998) was one of the most important public figures of the postwar South. First as North Carolina's governor and later as president of Duke University, he demonstrated a dynamic style of progressive leadership marked by compassion and creativity. This book tells the story of...

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Main Authors: Covington, Howard E., Jr., 1944- (Author), Ellis, Marion A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sanford, Terry, > 1917-1998.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Duke University.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Duke University > Biography.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
Governors.
College presidents.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Presidents et recteurs d'universite > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
College presidents > North Carolina > Biography.
Governors > North Carolina > Biography.
United States.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
North Carolina > Politics and government > 1951-
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Double Moons over Laurinburg
  • 2 Runnin' on Rims
  • 3 The "Promised Land"
  • 4 Albert's Boys
  • 5 The Battling Buzzards
  • 6 The Third Primary
  • 7 The Branch-Head Boys
  • 8 A Dangerous Dream
  • 9 Breaking in Line
  • 10 "Puddles of Poison"
  • 11 A New Day
  • 12 A Shore Still Dimly Seen
  • 13 But What About the People?
  • 14 New Horizons
  • 15 A Tar Heel Blue Devil
  • 16 "Outrageous Ambitions"
  • 17 Never Look Back
  • 18 A North Carolina Regular
  • Epilogue: The Eternal Boy Scout
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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