That's rufus : a memoir of tar heel politics, watergate and public life / Rufus L. Edmisten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edmisten, Rufus L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Biography.

Politicians.

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

North Carolina--Politics and government--20th century.

North Carolina.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities--Officials and employees--Biography.

North Carolina. Department of the Secretary of State--Biography.

North Carolina. Department of Justice--Biography.

Edmisten, Rufus, 1941- author.

Edmisten, Rufus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"A farm boy from the mountains of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten could not have been prepared for the halls of power in Washington, D.C. Written with humor and candor, his memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the 1970s and 1980s, and affirms that the business of government is to enable us to live together peacefully"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Issuing the Watergate subpoena

My mountain home

The foundations of my political leanings

High school days

Going to Carolina

Law school and Washington, D.C.: Sam Ervin, teacher-in-chief

Watergate

The Attorney General years

The 1984 North Carolina Governor's race

My first private law practice

The Secretary of State Years

Hubris

Friends of Rufus (FOR) to the rescue

Exoneration and rebuilding my life

My garden and our four-footed friends

The grim intruder: Guillain-Barre syndrome

Remembering Watergate

A few of my favorite things

Thoughts on a life fully lived.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3676-1