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03919aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 CA77D9F6664B11E4AA87C4C9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230408010049 008 140217s2014 nyuacf b 001 0beng d 020 $a 0375505806 020 $a 9780375505805 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BDX $d GK8 $d OCLCQ $d UPZ $d OCO $e rda $d NYP $d BUR $d JP3 $d JAO $d UOK $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E748.R673 $b S65 2014 082 04 $a 973.925092 $2 23 100 1 $a Smith, Richard Norton, $d 1953- 245 10 $a On his own terms : $b a life of Nelson Rockefeller / $c Richard Norton Smith. 246 30 $a Nelson Rockefeller 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2014] 300 $a xxxiv, 842 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [803]-808) and index. 505 0 $a Born to lead (1908-1936) -- Full throttle (1937-1955) -- An authentic representative of the people (1956-1964) -- The limits of power (1965-1971) -- Out of step (1972-1979). 520 $a The definitive life of one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century, this biography draws on thousands of newly available documents and interviews, including Rockefeller's own unpublished reminiscences. Grandson of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Nelson coveted the White House from childhood. Before he was thirty he had helped his father develop Rockefeller Center and his mother establish the Museum of Modern Art. At 32 he was Franklin Roosevelt's wartime coordinator for Latin America. As New York's four-term governor he set national standards in education, the environment, and urban policy. The charismatic face of liberal Republicanism, Rockefeller championed civil rights and health insurance for all. Three times he sought the presidency--arguably in the wrong party. At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco in 1964, locked in an epic battle with Barry Goldwater, Rockefeller denounced extremist elements in the GOP, a moment that changed the party forever. But he could not wrest the nomination from the Arizona conservative, or from Richard Nixon four years later. In the end, he had to settle for two dispiriting years as vice president under Gerald Ford. Here, historian Richard Norton Smith re-creates Rockefeller's improbable rise to the governor's mansion, his politically disastrous divorce and remarriage, and his often surprising relationships with presidents and political leaders from FDR to Henry Kissinger. From the deadly 1971 prison uprising at Attica and unceasing battles with New York City mayor John Lindsay to his son's unsolved disappearance, the punitive drug laws that bear his name, and the much-gossiped-about circumstances of his death, Nelson Rockefeller's was a life of astonishing color, range, and relevance.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Rockefeller, Nelson A. $q (Nelson Aldrich), $d 1908-1979. 650 0 $a Politicians $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Philanthropists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 16 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702021951.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020623.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214010819.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722044832.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110060816.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210025303.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717025529.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107050033.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006081834.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180103011814.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826101930.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20160510011208.0 952 $l TNPD062 $d 20151001051937.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150514015850.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20141127010152.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20141112010302.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA77D9F6664B11E4AA87C4C9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search