Don't Let the Fire Go Out! - Couverture rigide

Carnahan, Jean

 
9780826215130: Don't Let the Fire Go Out!
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0826215130 ISBN 13 : 9780826215130
Editeur : University of Missouri Press, 2004

Synopsis

To me the fire is a splendid metaphor for life. Sometimes raging and fervent, sometimes glowing softly and evenly, other times reduced to struggling embers. In her funeral oration, my daughter, Robin, told of her Dad starting a warm blaze in the fireplace on a cold morning. In his last words before leaving the house, he would admonish those remaining at home, 'Don't let the fire go out.' During the 2000 election, the phrase became the rallying cry for supporters wanting to revive what appeared to be a lost cause. Within days, a political campaign halted during a disastrous hour was transformed into a hopeful movement. The slogan Don't Let the Fire Go Out! became the guiding force for Jean Carnahan as she confronted life's challenges after her husband, son, and longtime friend were killed in a plane crash on October 16, 2000. The wife of Mel Carnahan, the well-known and highly respected Missouri governor and popular leader of the Democratic Party, Jean Carnahan made history when she agreed to serve in the Senate after Missouri voters elected her husband to the position posthumously.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jean Carnahan served as United States Senator from January 3, 2001, to November 25, 2002. Author of several books, including If Walls Could Talk: The Story of Missouri's First Families, she lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Éditeur
University of Missouri Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0826215130
ISBN 13 
9780826215130
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
280
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