
From the late 1940s through the 1970s, John Sherman Cooper, a quiet lawyer from Kentucky, ascended to become one of America's leading statesmen. Cooper's embodiment of the values of his rural upbringing, his understanding of people and their problems, and his openness and integrity...

Schulman chronicles the career of John Sherman Cooper, who grew from a quite Kentucky lawyer to one of America's leading statesmen. Upon Cooper's retirement from the Senate in 1972 he was hailed as one of the most influential members in the history of the body. Balanced against...

Schulman chronicles the career of John Sherman Cooper, who grew from a quite Kentucky lawyer to one of America's leading statesmen. Upon Cooper's retirement from the Senate in 1972 he was hailed as one of the most influential members in the history of the body. Balanced against...