Walking on sand : the story of an immigrant son and the forgotten art of public service

Author/Creator:

Siciliano, Rocco C.

Publication/Creation:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2004]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Walking on sand : the story of an immigrant son and the forgotten art of public service / Rocco C. Siciliano with Drew M. Ross ; foreword by Vartan Gregorian

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Additional Author/Creators:

Ross, Drew M.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Siciliano, Rocco C.
Eisenhower, Dwight D.(Dwight David),1890-1969--Friends and associates
Siciliano, Rocco C.--Philosophy
Political consultants--United States--Biography
Italian Americans--Biography
Businessmen--California--Biography
Common good--Philosophy
Social service--United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

To be like them yet not of them -- From famiglia to family -- Fuel of my ambition -- Love and war at the university -- Test of fire : the Italian front line -- Making the grade -- Ike's youngest -- The bracero program -- Inside the White House with President Eisenhower -- Walking on sand -- Casting about -- Nixon's pay board : a public administration disaster -- The bottom line at TICOR -- The second bottom line : a corporate executive's community duty -- The J. Paul Getty Center -- An America that works -- In search of good government.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

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Table of contents

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990003289620302486

ISBN:

0874808057 (alk. paper)
9780874808056 (alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

55744163

Barcode:

010000979205