Whistle Stops: Adventures in Public Life

By Wilson W. Wyatt Sr. and Sr. Wyatt, Wilson W.

Book Overview

Wilson Wyatt was Jack Kennedy's presidential emissary to Sukarno in a crisis that might have cost the West the oil of the East Indies and lost Indonesia to the Communist orbit. He headed a mission to North Africa during World War II, managed Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign, and played varied roles on stage and behind the scenes at seven Democratic conventions. He helped guide Kentucky's quiet governmental revolution in the Combs-Wyatt administration, served as wartime mayor of Louisville

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813155436
• ISBN13: 9780813155432
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher