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Overview
The contributors to Kentucky's Governors profile every chief executive of the Bluegrass State from eighteenth-century governor Isaac Shelby to the recently elected Ernie Fletcher. First published in 1985, Kentucky's Governors has now been expanded and revised to include the state's most recent governors -- Wilkinson, Jones, Patton, and Fletcher -- and new information on respected figures such as Republican governor Louie B. Nunn. An introduction by Kentucky's historian laureate, Thomas D. Clark, provides insights into successive governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in politics and policy. Following Clark's overview, each chapter presents significant biographical information while detailing the campaign, election, achievements, strengths, and weaknesses of each governor.
Synopsis
"The contributors to Kentucky's Governors profile every chief executive of the Bluegrass State from eighteenth-century governor Isaac Shelby to the recently elected Ernie Fletcher. First published in 1985, Kentucky's Governors has now been expanded and revised to include the state's most recent governors — Wilkinson, Jones, Patton, and Fletcher — and new information on respected figures such as Republican governor Louie B. Nunn. An introduction by Kentucky's historian laureate, Thomas D. Clark, provides insights into successive governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in politics and policy. Following Clark's overview, each chapter presents significant biographical information while detailing the campaign, election, achievements, strengths, and weaknesses of each governor.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Provides informative and scholarly sketches…could serve as a good model for similar volumes about officials of other states." -- Journal of American History
"Provides concise accounts of the lives of each governor [and] insights into the governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in political debates and policy information." -- Kentucky Monthly
"One of the standard reference works on the commonwealth's history." -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society