Howard E Covington Jr, Marion A Ellis

Terry Sanford

Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions

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Produktbeschreibung

"This eagerly awaited biography is a tribute to Terry Sanford's life of great purpose and shows the unique and courageous ways in which he dreamed fantastic dreams for North Carolina and made them come true."--Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 167mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1207g
• ISBN-13: 9780822323563
• ISBN-10: 0822323567
• Artikelnr.: 21364670

Autorenporträt

Howard E. Covington Jr. is a writer and former journalist. During his years as a reporter for the Charlotte Observer, his work won many honors including the newspaper’s Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1981. His previous books include Belk: A Century of Retail Leadership ,Linville: A Mountain Home for 100 Years, and Uncommon Giving: A. J. Fletcher and A North Carolina Legacy. Marion A. Ellis is a freelance writer who was also a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team at the Charlotte Observer. He is the author of a number of books, including Working Together: The Sheltons of North Carolina and The Meaning of Honor: The Life of Frank H. Kenan. In addition, Covington and Ellis are coauthors of NationsBank: Changing the Face of Retail Banking .

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword / David Gergen
> 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