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Son of Virginia : A Life in America's Political Arena.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493019526
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Son of VirginiaDDC classification:
  • 975.5/043092 B
LOC classification:
  • F231.3.W55 -- .W553 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CHAPTER ONE Carry Me Back -- CHAPTER TWO Sergeant Wilder -- CHAPTER THREE The Home Trenches -- CHAPTER FOUR Political Muscle -- CHAPTER FIVE Re-Digging the Well -- CHAPTER SIX Virginia Is Ready -- CHAPTER SEVEN In the Saddle -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Race Goes On -- CHAPTER NINE Reclaiming the Devil's Half Acre -- CHAPTER TEN Ringing the Bell -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The autobiography of Lawrence Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves, who was sworn in as Governor of Virginia in a January 1990 ceremony that changed the political face of the United States. In Virginia, long ago the centerpiece of the Confederacy, Wilder became the first African American to assume a governorship by virtue of winning a popular vote.
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Intro -- CHAPTER ONE Carry Me Back -- CHAPTER TWO Sergeant Wilder -- CHAPTER THREE The Home Trenches -- CHAPTER FOUR Political Muscle -- CHAPTER FIVE Re-Digging the Well -- CHAPTER SIX Virginia Is Ready -- CHAPTER SEVEN In the Saddle -- CHAPTER EIGHT The Race Goes On -- CHAPTER NINE Reclaiming the Devil's Half Acre -- CHAPTER TEN Ringing the Bell -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.

The autobiography of Lawrence Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves, who was sworn in as Governor of Virginia in a January 1990 ceremony that changed the political face of the United States. In Virginia, long ago the centerpiece of the Confederacy, Wilder became the first African American to assume a governorship by virtue of winning a popular vote.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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