The Centennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the People who Knew Him BestA portrait of US Senator J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina through personal reflections from more than one hundred fifty friends, staffers, colleagues, and constituents. |
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Contents
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Take One If Youre Single And Two If Youre Married | 295 |
An Unexpected Gift The Frederick Hart Bust of Senator Thurmond | 304 |
Thurmond the | 307 |
Strom Thurmond as Daddy | 321 |
All Gods Miracles | 333 |
WHEEE Stroms Sense of Humor | 339 |
The Senate Family | 351 |
Doing the Right Thing Strom Thurmond and Race | 359 |
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Strom Thurmond and the Judiciary | 87 |
Elbow Jabs from the Amazing Strombolini Stories from the Floor of the U S Senate | 97 |
Classic Thurmond The Page and Intern Program | 105 |
From Frog Jumping Festivals to the U S Senate Strom Thurmond the Politician | 111 |
Strom Thurmond Calling | 129 |
One of Their | 143 |
Every Day a Gift | 157 |
Fire Them Up and Then Let Them | 173 |
Tales from the | 193 |
On the Road | 213 |
From Prune Juice to Pushups | 243 |
The Best Dancer on the Hill | 259 |
1964 | 279 |
Lessons Big and Small Nuggets of Wisdom from Strom Thurmond | 369 |
One Last Big Hurrah The 1997 Trip to China | 379 |
Of the Nuclear Tripod Black Socks and More Senator Thurmond and the Press | 385 |
Growing Old Is Not For Sissies | 391 |
Senator Thurmonds Last Speeches on the Senate Floor Wednesday October 9 2002 | 407 |
The Happy Birthday Heard Round the World Thursday December 5 2002 | 413 |
Thats All Farewell to the Senate November 22 2002 | 417 |
Home to Edgefield | 419 |
Final Respects The Funeral of James Strom Thurmond July 1 2003 in Columbia South Carolina | 427 |
The Life and Legacy of J Strom Thurmond 19022003 | 429 |
Farewell Old Friend | 446 |
Gone but Not Forgotten | 448 |
Timeline of Senator James Strom Thurmonds Life | 450 |
Index of Contributors | 452 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Centennial Senator: True Stories of Strom Thurmond from the People who Knew Him Best |
| Editor | Robert J. Duke Short |
| Compiled by | Robert J. Duke Short |
| Contributor | United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0977887006, 9780977887002 |
| Length | 459 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Political Political Science / American Government / National |
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