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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Wellington Webb (Photographs) (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. viii, 404 pages. Illustrated. Index. Inscribed by the author on the fep. The inscription reads: To: Emilio Pardon to a long and prosperous friendship. Best of Life. Wellington Webb May 1, 2017. Paperclip mark with the author's business card in attached to the fep. Wellington Webb shares his inspirational story as Denver's first African American mayor how he beat the odds of illness, a dysfunctional family, and personal tragedy to win an underdog bid for mayor in 1991 and go on to make monumental improvements to the Mile High City. Wellington E. Webb (born February 17, 1941) is an American politician. He served in the Colorado House of Representatives and was the first African American mayor of Denver, Colorado, serving from 1991 to 2003. In 1972, Webb was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, representing northeast Denver. In 1977, Webb was selected by President Jimmy Carter to serve as regional director of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1981, Colorado Governor Richard Lamm appointed Webb to his cabinet as executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Webb was elected Denver city auditor in 1987 and served until 1991. Webb served as mayor of Denver for 12 years, from 1991 to 2003. One highlight of his years in office was the South Platte River Corridor Project, involving commercial and residential redevelopment, as well as reclamation of park land, along the South Platte River in central Denver. He was mayor at the time of the completion of Denver International Airport, started by his predecessor, Federico Peña. From a review by Kam Williams: Wellington E. Webb became Denver's first African-American mayor after mounting a novel 'Sneaker Campaign' in which he beat a popular incumbent by walking door-to-door and individually introducing himself personally to thousands of his potential constituents. Not only did this relative unknown ultimately prevail, but he went on to serve the city for 12 years. In Wellington Webb: The Man, the Mayor, and the Making of Modern Denver, the popular Democrat recounts his administration's considerable accomplishments including the opening of Denver International Airport and the development of the Central Platte River Valley into a thriving community. This uplifting autobiography opens with Webb sharing his genealogy, tracing his ancestors' roots back to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana with the help of his maternal grandmother, Helen. Wellington himself was born in Chicago in 1941 to Wellington Webb, Sr. and Mardina Williams, who had met there on a blind date. His dad was a porter with the railroad while his mom was a housewife. However, their union was not to last, and Wellington was shipped off to Denver to be raised by his grandmother, as much because of his asthma as on account of his parents' deteriorating relationship. After delineating the Webb family tree, the bulk of the book is devoted to a warts-and-all look at Wellington's career, and these political feats are interspersed with a lifetime's worth of intimate reflections. An inspiring memoir by a revered role model who overcame everything from asthma to racism to prostate cancer and who continues to make significant cultural contributions to this day.

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1p., 4to. Thirteen lines of text, daintily printed in small type. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with a number of short closed tears. Dated in print at the foot 'Castletown, Isle of Man, | 1847.' Beneath this De Renzy has written, in manuscript, '1st January, | [signed] George Webb De Renzy, Major | and Barrack-Master'. The text begins: 'The Work advertised in the "Times" and other Newspapers is a Poetical Illustration of the Career of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, and his Illustrious Companions in Arms, embracing Effusions on the most striking and prominent Events connected with his martial Achievements. - It is likely to come under the notice of Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, His Grace of Wellington, and the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public generally. It will be copiously and beautifully illustrated, and as slect in the Matter and Manner of its style as may be inferred from the Character of the Presentation will admit. - One Hundred Copies will be presented to the Public Press, and one to each Contributor.' The final paragraph reads: 'The Compiler thus offers a fair field to the Aspirations of Genius, whether known or unknown to the world. The theatre is a spacious one, and presents a noble opportunity to those gifted Spirits who may be desirous of bringing their Names before the Empire, and giving to their fellows the brightest Scintillations of their Genius.' The book, with the slightly amended title 'Poetical Illustrations of the Achievements of the Duke of Wellington and his Companions in Arms', was finally published in 1852, by Simpkin, Marshall & Co. of London, and Sutherland & Knox of Edinburgh. De Renzy is an interesting figure. When in 1822 he published 'Enchiridion; or, a Hand for the One-Handed', the 'New Monthly Magazine' explained that, 'having lost his right arm at the battle of Vittoria', he 'was induced to turn his attention to the forming a set of instruments which should enable him to be at all times independent of any other assistance than such as he might derive from them'. The United Service Magazine found within the 'Poetical Illustrations' 'gems', which 'give the book - what it ought to possess - high literary pretensions'.