The education of a public man : my life and politics / Hubert H. Humphrey ; edited by Norman Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.

Humphrey, Hubert H.

United States--Biography.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A candid look into the private and political life of Minnesota's native son.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: A Day of Waiting""; ""BOOK ONE: ""In the Middle of This Great Big Continent""""; ""1 Prairie Land, Prairie People""; ""2 Never a Pill without an Idea""; ""3 The Banks Closed Early""; ""4 The Loss of Home""; ""5 ""Don't Ever Admit That You Don't Know How to Dance""""; ""6 Eating Mistakes""; ""7 Pills, Hogtone, and Nose Drops""; ""8 ""Together We Can Do Things""""; ""9 With Dad's Blessings, with Muriel's Bounty""; ""10 Into Huey Long's South""; ""11 ""I've Got a Job Now, and I'm Paying Taxes""""

""12 ""We're Trying to Find a Candidate for Mayor""""""13 ""We Must Unite""""; ""14 I'm the Mayor""; ""15 ""Why Would Anyone Shoot at Me?""""; ""16 Bringing a Party Together""; ""17 The Bright Sunshine of Human Rights""; ""BOOK TWO: On the Banks of the Potomac""; ""18 My Principles Offended, My Personality Enraged""; ""19 Compromise Is Not a Dirty Word""; ""20 Tolerance If Not Affection""; ""21 Three Wise Men""; ""22 ""Quit Fooling Around with People You Can't Depend On""""; ""23 ""Feel Free to Attack Me Anytime""""; ""24 The Loyal Opposition""; ""25 ""It Is a Bone in My Throat""""

""26 A Cold Winter in Wisconsin""""27 In the Hills and Hollows of West Virginia""; ""28 Cracking the Whip""; ""29 ""Let Us Continue""""; ""30 ""Out of the Shadows""""; ""31 ""Let's Go Over to the White House for a Nightcap""""; ""BOOK THREE: Next Door to Power""; ""32 Vice President: And One Viewpoint on Vietnam""; ""33 One Place, One Man""; ""34 The Politics of Joy""; ""35 ""I Gather You Are Not Asking My Advice""""; ""36 The Better Part of Being Vice President""; ""37 A Lesson or Two""; ""38 The Privilege""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""

""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-376) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8358-1

OCLC:

298790782