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"A farm boy from the mountains of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten could not have been prepared for the halls of power in Washington, D.C., during the Vietnam War era, as young men burned their draft cards and pro-cannabis factions held ""smoke-ins"" in the capital. A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill graduate, he earned a law degree at George Washington University and landed a job as counsel to U.S. senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. This led to Edmisten's appointment as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee--he personally served Richard Nixon the first ever subpoena of a sitting president by Congress. Returning to North Carolina, he served as Attorney General and Secretary of State before retiring from public life to practice law and participate in charitable activities. Written with humor and candor, his memoir recalls the cultural contrasts of American life in the 1970s and 1980s, and affirms that the business of government is to enable us to live together peacefully."

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Author:   Rufus L. Edmisten
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9781476677972

ISBN 10:   1476677972
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   21 May 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction  1. Issuing the Watergate Subpoena  2. My Mountain Home  3. The Foundations of My Political Leanings  4. High School Days  5. Going to Carolina  6. Law School and Washington, D.C.: Sam Ervin,­Teacher-in-Chief  7. Watergate  8. The Attorney General Years  9. The 1984 North Carolina Governor’s Race 10. My First Private Law Practice 11. The Secretary of State Years 12. Hubris 13. Friends of Rufus (FOR) to the Rescue 14. Exoneration and Rebuilding My Life 15. My Garden and Our ­Four-Footed Friends Between pages 178 and 179 are 2 plates with 6 color photographs 16. The Grim Intruder: ­Guillain-Barré Syndrome 17. Remembering Watergate 18. A Few of My Favorite Things Between pages 200 and 201 are 8 plates with 13 b&w photographs 19. Thoughts on a Life Fully Lived Index

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Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State, Rufus L. Edmisten drew international attention when he served as deputy chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee. His work, together with that of others, uncovered the truth about the Watergate scandal in 1973. He has the distinction of being the first person on a congressional committee to serve a subpoena to a sitting president of the United States. A practicing lawyer and lobbyist, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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