Strom Thurmond: The Public Man [Hardcover]

Joseph C. Ellers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0878441166 | ISBN-13: 978-0878441167

This biography of Senator Thurmond explores the colorful career of this individual whose ideas and actions have helped to shape Southern politics. Joe Ellers has been fortunate to work with and for the senator. In this book, Ellers presents a positive public evolution of Strom Thurmond and the South.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Ellers's biography of conservative South Carolina Republican senator Strom Thurmond focuses on the years from 1932 to 1968. It thus gives particular attention to Thurmond's activities in South Carolina state politics, his role in the South's resistance to racial integration, his early years in the U.S. Senate, and his change in party affiliation from Democratic to Republican. Biographer Ellers has managed the campaigns of numerous conservative candidates, and not unexpectedly his appraisal of Thurmond is very favorable. Although generally competently researched, the book repeats a common misconception about the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. (Contrary to the author's assertion, neither the word "expressly" nor any word with a similar meaning is found in it. This absence has had a major impact on the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Amendment.) For a more comprehensive and balanced account of Thurmond's career general readers may consult Nadine Cohodas's Strom Thur mond and the Politics of Change ( LJ 12/92). -- Thomas H. Ferrell, Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: Sandlapper Pub Co (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878441166
• ISBN-13: 978-0878441167
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,806,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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