Tom Diemer, Lee Leonard, Richard G Zimmerman

James A. Rhodes, Ohio Colossus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In his day he dominated the political landscape like no one in Ohio's long, proud history ever had. James A. Rhodes (1909-2001) plotted a path that took him from tiny Coalton, Ohio, to the governor's office. In this first biography of Rhodes, his life and political career are scrutinized by those who knew him best—the working press. Written by three journalists who covered Rhodes in overlapping periods, this account traces, often with uproarious humor, his unlikely rise to power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kent State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781606352151
• ISBN-10: 1606352156
• Artikelnr.: 40496563

Autorenporträt

Tom Diemer teaches in the Washington program of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He covered Rhodes for more than a decade as a reporter for The Associated Press and as the Columbus bureau chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Diemer is the author of Fighting the Unbeatable Foe: Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, the Washington Years (The Kent State University Press, 2009). Lee Leonard reported at the Ohio Statehouse for UPI and the Columbus Dispatch for 36 years until his retirement in 2005. Leonard contributed the chapter on James A. Rhodes's second eight years as governor for Ohio Politics (The Kent State University Press, 1994). He also compiled A Columnist's View of Capitol Square. The late Richard G. Zimmerman is the author of the Michael V. DeSalle biography Call Me Mike (The Kent State University Press, 2003) and Plain Dealing (The Kent State University Press, 2006). Zimmerman, who died in 2008 while working on this book, reported in Columbus for Horvitz Newspapers and the Plain Dealer.