Whistle stops : adventures in public life /
Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr.
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1985.
- 1 online resource (246 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. A Conversation with Trygve Lie; 2. The Home Front; 3. The Great American Lottery; 4. Washington Hot Seat; 5. Talking Sense to the American People; 6. The Conscience of American Politics; 7. Kentucky's Quiet Revolution; 8. Oil Crisis in the Orient; 9. Atlantic City and Chicago; 10. Return to the Hearthstone; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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, launched the nation's postwar housing program under Harry Truman, and today is a leader in Louisvi.
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Wyatt, Wilson W. 1905-1996.
Diplomats--United States--Biography. Lieutenant governors--Kentucky--Biography. Mayors--Kentucky--Louisville--Biography. Diplomats--United States--Biography. Kentucky--Politics and government--1951- Lieutenant governors--Biography.--Kentucky Mayors--Louisville--Biography.--Kentucky United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989. United States--Politics and government--1945-1989. Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996.