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Author:
Algeo, Matthew, author.
Title:
All this marvelous potential : Robert Kennedy's 1968 tour of Appalachia / Matthew Algeo.
Publisher:
Chicago Review Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Kennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968--Travel--Appalachian Region.
Kennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968--Travel--Kentucky.
Poverty--Appalachian Region.
Poverty--Kentucky.
Kentucky--Social conditions.
Appalachian Region--Social conditions.
United States--Politics and government.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of the region, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met, and explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the country"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1641600594
9781641600590
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1111980957
LCCN:
2019042174
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)
UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)
VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

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