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Cecil Andrus: Idaho's Greatest Governor
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By Chris Carlson
6x9, Paper, bibliography, index.
As a teenager he dropped out of college after his first year and drove off with his girlfriend to get married in Reno. The year was 1949. Twenty years later, still married and now with three daughters, a Korean War Navy veteran, the gypo logger turned industrial accident insurance salesman and veteran state senator from Orofino was elected to the first of four terms as Idaho's governor----a record unlikely to be equaled. He was also embarking on a national career that would see him hailed as one of the greatest Interior Secretaries ever and the architect of the nation's greatest conservation accomplishment---saving the "Crown Jewels" of Alaska for generations yet unborn.
How did Cecil Andrus emerge from an ordinary background to become one of not just Idaho's, but the nation's most extraordinary and successful politicians? Through a series of stories and anecdotes, Andrus' long-time press secretary, Chris Carlson, relates a personal reminiscence of Andrus' rise to the governorship, reveals the "political rules" Andrus practiced, and unveils the exceptional personal qualities of the man who, inarguably, has had the greatest impact on Idaho in modern times.
***COMING OCTOBER 2011***
$17.95
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