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This honest, insightful autobiography will delight the scholar and the casual reader. Readers of all disciplines and interests will find fascinating Saxbe's firsthand account of the demise of the Nixon presidency and will appreciate his candid, often earthy, prose.
I've Seen the Elephant : An Autobiography
by SAXBE WILLIAM B.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Kent State Univ Pr
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Summary
In this lively memoir, William B. Saxbe narrates his life's journey from his youth in a small Ohio town to his military career during World War II and Korea and through his career as a public servant in Ohio, in Washington, D.C., and overseas. He regales readers with stories about hopping a freight train when he was in the sixth grade, insights on being elected to the United States Senate, commentary on serving as Nixon's attorney general at the height of the Watergate scandal, and descriptions of life as the U.S. ambassador to India.
Author Biography
William B. Saxbe is a graduate of the Ohio State University School of Law. He is of counsel with the Columbus, Ohio, law firm of Chester, Willcox and Saxbe. Peter D. Franklin was a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, San Antonio Light, and the Columbus Dispatch for more than 30 years before retiring as business editor of the Dispatch in 1993
Table of Contents
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| Epilogue: Final Thoughts | 251 | (4) | |||
| Notes | 255 | (11) | |||
| Index | 266 |
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