Welcome to Capitol Hill : Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics, Paper...

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Item Width: 5.9 in Author: Joel Ebert, Erik Schelzig Publication Year: 2023 ISBN: 9780826505859 Book Title: Welcome to Capitol Hill : Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics Item Height: 0.7 in Item Length: 8.9 in Genre: Political Science, History Item Weight: 15.5 Oz Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press Language: English width: 5.9 in height: 0.7 in Number of Pages: 296 Pages Format: Trade Paperback Topic: Corruption & Misconduct, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), American Government / State

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Welcome to Capitol Hill : Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics, Paper.... From Governor Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now–Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally wearing a wire in the late 1980s to the sexual misconduct that plagues Tennessee politics, this book chronicles it all. Welcome to Capitol Hill : Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics, Paperback by Ebert, Joel; Schelzig, Erik; Haslam, Bill (FRW); Boucher, David (CON), ISBN 0826505856, ISBN-13 9780826505859, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals, dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne'er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption. From Governor Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now–Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally wearing a wire in the late 1980s to the sexual misconduct that plagues Tennessee politics, this book chronicles it all. Veteran political reporters Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig draw from interviews with primary and secondary sources, archival documents, and never-before-seen federal investigative files to provide readers with a handy resource to the wrongdoings of our elected officials.