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1119791Kentucky Scandal: William Goebels Life and Deathhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/kentucky-scandal-william-goebel-s-life-and-death-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/967820/a3fa182c-ac98-4573-b8ad-6362ff043b40.jpg?v=638337094901400000MXNAlfred D. ByrdInStock/Ebooks/<p>Did you know that Kentucky had the only American politician who was assassinated and then became governor? William Goebel, master of machine politics and even greater master of making enemies, was in the throes of a disputed gubernatorial election thatd be decided by Kentuckys Senate when a shot rang out, mortally wounding him. Hed die within days, but not before a Democrat-controlled legislature had named him governor instead of his Republican opponent, whod won the Commonwealths popular vote. Civil war nearly broke out in the streets of Frankfort, Kentuckys capital (not Louisville, as Americans interviewed on the street like to tell you), before wise heads prevailed. In life, Goebel created for Kentucky a legacy of cutthroat politics; in death, hes left the Commonwealth an insoluble mystery: which of his countless enemies gunned him down on the capitols grounds? Does Goebels contentious life and outrageous death hold lessons for us today? Lets never forget the immortal Santayanas teaching: "Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them."</p>...1111581Kentucky Scandal: William Goebels Life and Death00https://www.gandhi.com.mx/kentucky-scandal-william-goebel-s-life-and-death-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/967820/a3fa182c-ac98-4573-b8ad-6362ff043b40.jpg?v=638337094901400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20199780463058626_W3siaWQiOiJhM2M4ZTUzZC1mMTAwLTRmMGMtYmVkNy1mMWIyZDViNmQ3MGIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjAsImRpc2NvdW50IjowLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjAsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJJcHAiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTA1LTE2VDEzOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780463058626_<p>Did you know that Kentucky had the only American politician who was assassinated and then became governor? William Goebel, master of machine politics and even greater master of making enemies, was in the throes of a disputed gubernatorial election thatd be decided by Kentuckys Senate when a shot rang out, mortally wounding him. Hed die within days, but not before a Democrat-controlled legislature had named him governor instead of his Republican opponent, whod won the Commonwealths popular vote. Civil war nearly broke out in the streets of Frankfort, Kentuckys capital (not Louisville, as Americans interviewed on the street like to tell you), before wise heads prevailed. In life, Goebel created for Kentucky a legacy of cutthroat politics; in death, hes left the Commonwealth an insoluble mystery: which of his countless enemies gunned him down on the capitols grounds? Does Goebels contentious life and outrageous death hold lessons for us today? Lets never forget the immortal Santayanas teaching: Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.</p>...(*_*)9780463058626_<p>Did you know that Kentucky had the only American politician who was assassinated and then became governor? William Goebel, master of machine politics and even greater master of making enemies, was in the throes of a disputed gubernatorial election thatd be decided by Kentuckys Senate when a shot rang out, mortally wounding him. Hed die within days, but not before a Democrat-controlled legislature had named him governor instead of his Republican opponent, whod won the Commonwealths popular vote. Civil war nearly broke out in the streets of Frankfort, Kentuckys capital (not Louisville, as Americans interviewed on the street like to tell you), before wise heads prevailed. In life, Goebel created for Kentucky a legacy of cutthroat politics; in death, hes left the Commonwealth an insoluble mystery: which of his countless enemies gunned him down on the capitols grounds? Does Goebels contentious life and outrageous death hold lessons for us today? Lets never forget the immortal Santayanas teaching: "Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them."</p>...9780463058626_Alfred D. Byrdlibro_electonico_272149a3-658e-3cb2-9ed3-21a0dd0a9b7b_9780463058626;9780463058626_9780463058626Alfred D.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/smashwords-epub-b1001770-559d-40c0-b5ce-03836fb6bb16.epub2019-11-11T00:00:00+00:00Alfred D. Byrd