Bert Combs The Politician An Oral History.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Editors' Preface; Preface; Interviewees; Introduction; 1. The Preparation: 1911-1954; The Road to Law; Law Practice and War; Judge; 2. The 1955 Gubernatorial Primary: Political Baptism; The Selection; The Campaigner; Shelbyville; Chandler volume Combs; The Agony of Defeat; 3. The 1959 Gubernatorial Primary: Political Maturity; The Decision to Run; Combs volume Wyatt; The Merger; The Team You Can Trust; 4. The Combs Administration: Political Reality; Advice and Counsel; The Sales Tax; The Merit System; Toll Roads, Parks, and Tourism; Appalachia

The Truck DealElection Campaigns; Leadership; Taking Government to the People; Innovations; Potpourri; 5. Aftermath; Law and Politics: 1963-1967; The Federal Court; The 1971 Gubernatorial Primary; The Combs Impact; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

<P>This is the story of Combs' political life as remembered by him and by some sixty others who shared with him that experience. Robinson shows how Combs emerged from an Eastern Kentucky background to become an outstanding jurist and progressive political force. See other books in the series Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series.</P>

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