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020			_a9780809332618 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aE840 _b.G468 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aDixon, Alan J. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Gentleman from Illinois : _bStories from Forty Years of Elective Public Service. _c
260			_aCarbondale : _bSouthern Illinois University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (384 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
505	0	0	_aCover; Jacket Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Taylow Pensoneau; Preface; 1. The Early Years; 2. Serving in the Illinois Statehouse; 3. An Illinois State Senator; Gallery of Illustrations; 4. Treasurer and Secretary of State; 5. U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon; 6. Going Home; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.
520	0		_aIn 1993, Alan J. Dixon's political career came to an end with a defeat-the first one in his forty-three years of elected service. Beginning his legislative career in 1950 as a Democrat in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dixon also served in the Illinois State Senate, worked as state treasurer and secretary of state, and concluded his political career as a U.S. senator. The Gentleman from Illinois is an insider's account of Illinois politics in the second half of the twentieth century, providing readers with fascinating stories about the people he encountered and eve.
504			_a1 (page 335) and index.
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600	1	0	_aDixon, Alan J.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCongress. _bSenate _vBiography.
610	1	0	_aIllinois. _bGeneral Assembly. _bSenate _vBiography.
610	2	4	_aUnited States. _bCongress. _bSenate.
610	2	4	_aIllinois. _bGeneral Assembly. _bSenate.
650		0	_aLegislators _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aLegislators _zIllinois _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=643953&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell