Written with humour and candour, Rufus Edmistenâ s memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the 1970s and 1980s, and affirms that the business of government is to enable us to live together peacefully.
Written with humour and candour, Rufus Edmistenâ s memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the 1970s and 1980s, and affirms that the business of government is to enable us to live together peacefully.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State, Rufus L. Edmisten drew international attention when he served as deputy chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee. His work, together with that of others, uncovered the truth about the Watergate scandal in 1973. He has the distinction of being the first person on a congressional committee to serve a subpoena to a sitting president of the United States. A practicing lawyer and lobbyist, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Issuing the Watergate Subpoena 2. My Mountain Home 3. The Foundations of My Political Leanings 4. High School Days 5. Going to Carolina 6. Law School and Washington, D.C.: Sam Ervin,Teacher-in-Chief 7. Watergate 8. The Attorney General Years 9. The 1984 North Carolina Governor's Race 10. My First Private Law Practice 11. The Secretary of State Years 12. Hubris 13. Friends of Rufus (FOR) to the Rescue 14. Exoneration and Rebuilding My Life 15. My Garden and Our Four-Footed Friends Between pages 178 and 179 are 2 plates with 6 color photographs 16. The Grim Intruder: Guillain-Barré Syndrome 17. Remembering Watergate 18. A Few of My Favorite Things Between pages 200 and 201 are 8 plates with 13 b&w photographs 19. Thoughts on a Life Fully Lived Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Issuing the Watergate Subpoena 2. My Mountain Home 3. The Foundations of My Political Leanings 4. High School Days 5. Going to Carolina 6. Law School and Washington, D.C.: Sam Ervin,Teacher-in-Chief 7. Watergate 8. The Attorney General Years 9. The 1984 North Carolina Governor's Race 10. My First Private Law Practice 11. The Secretary of State Years 12. Hubris 13. Friends of Rufus (FOR) to the Rescue 14. Exoneration and Rebuilding My Life 15. My Garden and Our Four-Footed Friends Between pages 178 and 179 are 2 plates with 6 color photographs 16. The Grim Intruder: Guillain-Barré Syndrome 17. Remembering Watergate 18. A Few of My Favorite Things Between pages 200 and 201 are 8 plates with 13 b&w photographs 19. Thoughts on a Life Fully Lived Index
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