1 option
Coup : the day the Democrats ousted their governor, put Republican Lamar Alexander in office early, and stopped a pardon scandal / by Keel Hunt.
LIBRA F440 .H86 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Keel, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption.
- History.
- Tennessee--Politics and government--1951-.
- Tennessee.
- Politics and government.
- Political corruption--Tennessee--History--20th century.
- Blanton, Ray, 1930-1996.
- Blanton, Ray.
- Alexander, Lamar, 1940-.
- Alexander, Lamar.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Tells the story of how the day unfolded, in January 1979, when a small bipartisan group of political leaders worked in secret to oust a corrupt sitting governor"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Stranger l
- 2 The Sharecropper s Son and Nixon's Choirboy 4
- 3 The Red-and-Black Plaid Shirt 20
- 4 The Murders 35
- 5 The Madness 43
- 6 A Man of Great Promise 59
- 7 The Dominion of the Editor-in-Chief 65
- 8 The Attorney General and the Rule of Law 79
- Illustration Gallery 87
- 9 The New List and the Ticking Clock 99
- 10 The Turmoil 105
- 11 The Call 113
- 12 The Rise of the Speaker 126
- 13 The Cosmos of the Lieutenant Governor 135
- 14 The Dance 142
- 15 The Decision 157
- Illustration Gallery 172
- 16 The Yellow-Dog Chief Justice 177
- 17 The Arrival 184
- 18 The Oath 196
- 19 The Scramble 203
- 20 The Long Night 210
- 21 The White Morning 224.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826519320
- 0826519326
- 9780826519337
- 0826519334
- 0826519342
- 9780826519344
- OCLC:
- 812791717
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.