Desk 88: eight progressive senators who changed America [First edition] 9780374722029, 0374722021

Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Sherrod Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a proud

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Desk 88: eight progressive senators who changed America [First edition]
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Table of contents :
Prologue: The origins of Desk 88 --
Hugo Black: finding light in the shadows --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Theodore Francis Green: a traitor to his class --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Glen Taylor: the singing cowboy from Kooskia --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Herbert H. Lehman: pursuing a different family business --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Al Gore, Sr.: leading from the South --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
William Proxmire: a workhorse and a showhorse --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Robert F. Kennedy: a voice for those without a voice --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
George McGovern: feeding the hungry --
Thoughts from Desk 88 --
Further thoughts from Desk 88-about 2020 and beyond --
Epilogue: Carving a place in history.

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