Dear Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky / James K. Libbey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Libbey, James K.

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vice-presidents--United States--Biography.

Vice-presidents.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.

United States.

United States. Congress--Biography.

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956.

Barkley, Alben William.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alben Barkley's final words before he was struck down by a heart attack summed up his long, eventful life: ""I have served my country and my people for half a century as a Democrat. I went to the House of Representatives in 1913 and served fourteen years. I was a junior Congressman, then I became a senior Congressman, then I went to the Senate and became a junior Senator, and then I became a senior Senator; and then a Majority Leader in the Senate, and then Vice President of the United States, and now I am back again as a junior Senator. And I am willing to be a junior. I'm glad to sit in the

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 From Cabin to Congress; 2 The Progressive; 3 Tale of Two Elections; 4 Transitions and Troubled Times; Illustrations; 5 Franklin's ""Dear Alben""; 6 A Singular Veep; 7 Iron Man of Politics; Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 117-[119]

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189017

0813189012

9780813150291

0813150299

OCLC:

644650071