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I've seen the elephant : an autobiography / William B. Saxbe with Peter D. Franklin.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.S29 S29 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saxbe, William B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saxbe, William B.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Attorneys general--United States--Biography.
- Attorneys general.
- Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
- Ambassadors.
- United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1974-1977.
- Ohio--Politics and government--1951-.
- Ohio.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In this lively memoir, William B. Saxbe narrates his life's journey from his youth in a small Ohio town to his military career during World War II and Korea and through his career as a public servant in Ohio, in Washington, D.C., and overseas. He regales readers with stories about hopping a freight train when he was in the sixth grade, insights on being elected to the United States Senate, commentary on serving as Nixon's attorney general at the height of the Watergate scandal, and descriptions of life as the U.S. ambassador to India.
- This honest, insightful autobiography will delight the scholar and the casual reader. Readers of all disciplines and interests will find fascinating Saxbe's firsthand account of the demise of the Nixon presidency and will appreciate his candid, often earthy, prose.
- Contents:
- 1 The Burg 1
- 2 Becoming Worldly 13
- 3 Army Daze 22
- 4 Ohio's Public Servant 32
- 5 The Laudable 100th 39
- 6 Losing a Good Fight 52
- 7 Tackling Ohio Law 59
- 8 The Last Campaign 75
- 9 Here I Come, Ready or Not 83
- 10 Vietnam All Over Again 96
- 11 A Couple of Votes for Justice 110
- 12 The Finishing Touches 118
- 13 Desperate Times 130
- 14 A Constitutional Question 141
- 15 Very Model of a Modern Attorney General 150
- 16 Walking on Eggs 160
- 17 Nixon Bows Out 174
- 18 The Transition 180
- 19 Telephones and Cointelpro 187
- 20 In Kipling's Footsteps 196
- 21 Tiptoeing into India 209
- 22 Huntin', Fishin', and Leavin' 228
- 23 In Private Again 236
- 24 Teamster Times 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 087338668X
- OCLC:
- 43694399
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