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Politician extraordinaire : the tempestuous life and times of Martin L. Davey / Frank P. Vazzano.
Van Pelt Library E748.D213 V395 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vazzano, Frank P., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davey, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1884-1946.
- Davey, Martin L.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Mayors.
- Businessmen.
- Governors.
- United States.
- Ohio--Kent.
- Ohio.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- Governors--Ohio--Biography.
- Ohio--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- Businessmen--Ohio--Kent--Biography.
- Davey Tree Expert Company (Kent, Ohio).
- Mayors--Ohio--Kent--Biography.
- Kent (Ohio)--Biography.
- Kent (Ohio).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Beginnings 1
- 2 The Young Salesman 19
- 3 Scholar and Athlete at Oberlin 30
- 4 A Business Is Born 45
- 5 "Boy Wonder" Mayor 61
- 6 Off to Congress 84
- 7 Out of Office 103
- 8 Back to Washington 112
- 9 Governor? 141
- 10 The Great Depression Hits Home 158
- 11 Governor! 171
- 12 Battling the Roosevelt Bureaucracy 191
- 13 Running the State 204
- 14 Troubles 222
- 15 Last Hurrah 247.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780873389204
- 0873389204
- OCLC:
- 156818730
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