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"A powerful story, skillfully told." --Booklist

A new portrait of Robert Kennedy, a politician who, for all his faults, had the uncommon courage to stand up to a president from his own party and shine a light on America's shortcomings

In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Appalachia to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Kennedy viewed his two days in Kentucky as an opportunity to test his antiwar and antipoverty message with hardscrabble white voters.

Among the strip mines, one-room schoolhouses, and dilapidated homes, however, Kennedy encountered a strong mistrust and intense resentment of establishment politicians.

In All This Marvelous Potential, author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of eastern Kentucky, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met. Algeo explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the country.

The similarities between then and now are astonishing: divisive politics, racial strife, economic uncertainty, and environmental alarm.

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  • Title All This Marvelous Potential: Robert Kennedy's 1968 Tour of Appalachia
  • Author Matthew Algeo
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicago Review Press
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781641600590 / 1641600594
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Appalachians
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, Appalachian Region - Social conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019042174
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 02/15/2020, Page 16
  • Foreword, 02/26/2020, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2020, Page 97

About the author

Matthew Algeo is the author of Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure, The President Is a Sick Man, and Abe & Fido. An award-winning journalist, Algeo has reported from four continents for public radio's All Things Considered, Marketplace, and Morning Edition.
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