My life in progressive politics : against the grain /
Tydings, Joseph D. 1928-2018,
My life in progressive politics : against the grain / Joseph D. Tydings ; with John W. Frece. - College Station : Texas A and M University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / A political life -- Against the grain -- Oakington -- A plan for life -- Reform and independence -- Against the legislative tide -- Regulating savings and loan associations -- Kennedy Man -- A prosecutor the organization didn't want -- A thirty-two-month learning experience -- A tangle of savings and loan scams -- Kidnapping, murder, and assassination -- Challenging the Democratic machine -- A break with the past -- A freshman senator's voice -- Defending the great Warren Court decisions -- "A voteless people is a hopeless people" -- Fairness in federal court -- Congress and the City of Washington -- The hardest fights -- Vietnam and the political costs of war -- The environment and overpopulation -- Gun control -- One progressive position too many -- Citizen public service -- Epilogue: An open letter to my grandchildren (and their generation). by Joe Biden --
9781623496289
2017041866
Tydings, Joseph D. 1928-2018.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E840 / .M955 2018
My life in progressive politics : against the grain / Joseph D. Tydings ; with John W. Frece. - College Station : Texas A and M University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / A political life -- Against the grain -- Oakington -- A plan for life -- Reform and independence -- Against the legislative tide -- Regulating savings and loan associations -- Kennedy Man -- A prosecutor the organization didn't want -- A thirty-two-month learning experience -- A tangle of savings and loan scams -- Kidnapping, murder, and assassination -- Challenging the Democratic machine -- A break with the past -- A freshman senator's voice -- Defending the great Warren Court decisions -- "A voteless people is a hopeless people" -- Fairness in federal court -- Congress and the City of Washington -- The hardest fights -- Vietnam and the political costs of war -- The environment and overpopulation -- Gun control -- One progressive position too many -- Citizen public service -- Epilogue: An open letter to my grandchildren (and their generation). by Joe Biden --
9781623496289
2017041866
Tydings, Joseph D. 1928-2018.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Electronic Books.
E840 / .M955 2018