Robert C. Byrd : child of the Appalachian coalfields /
Byrd, Robert C.,
Robert C. Byrd : child of the Appalachian coalfields / by Robert C. Byrd. - First, paperback edition. - 1 online resource (870 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- 1. CHILD OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS -- 2. THE DEPRESSION YEARS -- 3. A POLITICAL CAREER BEGINS -- 4. MR. BYRD GOES TO WASHINGTON -- 5. AROUND THE WORLD IN SIXTY-SIX DAYS -- 6. EXCELSIOR! -- 7. THE SAPLING GROWS TALL -- 8. STORMY WATERS -- 9. CLIMBING THE LEADERSHIP LADDER -- 10. A VISIT TO RUSSIA -- 11. MUDDY WATERS -- 12. A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION? -- 13. BUILDING WEST VIRGINIA PIECE BY PIECE -- 14. THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH -- 15. THE TOP RUNG�MAJORITY LEADER (1977) 16. SECOND FIDDLE17. BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN -- 18. ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE -- 19. A HAND ON THE PURSE STRINGS -- 20. BUILDING A NEW WEST VIRGINIA -- 21. WEST VIRGINIA ON THE GO -- 22. BITS AND PIECES -- 23. BUILDING A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WEST VIRGINIA -- 24. THE WINDS OF CHANGE -- 25. THE TIDE EBBS -- 26. FULL CIRCLE -- 27. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE -- 28. DRIBS AND DRABS -- 29. LINE-ITEM VETO STRUCK DOWN -- 30. IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE -- 31. SEMPER FIDELIS -- AFTERWORD
English.
9781940425566 (electronic bk.) 1940425565 (electronic bk.) 9781940425559 (electronic bk.) 1940425557 (electronic bk.)
Byrd, Robert C.
Byrd, Robert C.--Family.
Byrd, Robert C.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
États-Unis. Congress. Senate --Biographies.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Since 1900
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Parlementaires--États-Unis--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Legislative Branch.
Families.
Legislators.
Politics and government.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
West Virginia--Politics and government--20th century.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1945-1989.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1989-
Virginie-Occidentale--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
United States.
West Virginia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
E840.8.B965 / A3 2015eb
328.73/092 B
Robert C. Byrd : child of the Appalachian coalfields / by Robert C. Byrd. - First, paperback edition. - 1 online resource (870 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- 1. CHILD OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS -- 2. THE DEPRESSION YEARS -- 3. A POLITICAL CAREER BEGINS -- 4. MR. BYRD GOES TO WASHINGTON -- 5. AROUND THE WORLD IN SIXTY-SIX DAYS -- 6. EXCELSIOR! -- 7. THE SAPLING GROWS TALL -- 8. STORMY WATERS -- 9. CLIMBING THE LEADERSHIP LADDER -- 10. A VISIT TO RUSSIA -- 11. MUDDY WATERS -- 12. A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION? -- 13. BUILDING WEST VIRGINIA PIECE BY PIECE -- 14. THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH -- 15. THE TOP RUNG�MAJORITY LEADER (1977) 16. SECOND FIDDLE17. BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN -- 18. ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE -- 19. A HAND ON THE PURSE STRINGS -- 20. BUILDING A NEW WEST VIRGINIA -- 21. WEST VIRGINIA ON THE GO -- 22. BITS AND PIECES -- 23. BUILDING A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WEST VIRGINIA -- 24. THE WINDS OF CHANGE -- 25. THE TIDE EBBS -- 26. FULL CIRCLE -- 27. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE -- 28. DRIBS AND DRABS -- 29. LINE-ITEM VETO STRUCK DOWN -- 30. IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE -- 31. SEMPER FIDELIS -- AFTERWORD
English.
9781940425566 (electronic bk.) 1940425565 (electronic bk.) 9781940425559 (electronic bk.) 1940425557 (electronic bk.)
Byrd, Robert C.
Byrd, Robert C.--Family.
Byrd, Robert C.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
États-Unis. Congress. Senate --Biographies.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Since 1900
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Parlementaires--États-Unis--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Legislative Branch.
Families.
Legislators.
Politics and government.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
West Virginia--Politics and government--20th century.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1945-1989.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1989-
Virginie-Occidentale--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
United States.
West Virginia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
E840.8.B965 / A3 2015eb
328.73/092 B