The Education of a Senator

by Everett Dirksen

Recently discovered in the archives of the Dirksen Congressional Center, this is the memoir Senator Dirksen was writing at the time of his death in 1969 -- and his gravel-voiced warmth and wisdom come through on every page. Covering the years of his boyhood through his election to the Senate in 1950, it reveals the foundation of a great public servant in the making. In a world where the political scene is wall-to-wall scandal, the honesty, faith,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252024141
• ISBN13: 9780252024146
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"