Whistle Stops : Adventures in Public Life / Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayors--Kentucky--Louisville--Biography.

Mayors.

Lieutenant governors--Kentucky--Biography.

Lieutenant governors.

Diplomats--United States--Biography.

Diplomats.

Kentucky--Politics and government--1951-.

Kentucky.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-.

Wyatt, Wilson W.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilson Wyatt was Jack Kennedy's presidential emissary to Sukarno in a crisis that might have cost the West the oil of the East Indies and lost Indonesia to the Communist orbit. He headed a mission to North Africa during World War II, managed Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign, and played varied roles on stage and behind the scenes at seven Democratic conventions. He helped guide Kentucky's quiet governmental revolution in the Combs-Wyatt administration, served as wartime mayor of Louisville, launched the nation's postwar housing program under Harry Truman, and today is a leader in Louisvi

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. A Conversation with Trygve Lie; 2. The Home Front; 3. The Great American Lottery; 4. Washington Hot Seat; 5. Talking Sense to the American People; 6. The Conscience of American Politics; 7. Kentucky's Quiet Revolution; 8. Oil Crisis in the Orient; 9. Atlantic City and Chicago; 10. Return to the Hearthstone; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813183572

081318357X

9780813165028

0813165024

OCLC:

565346937