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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brown, Sherrod, 1952- author.     Subjects     Brown, Sherrod, 1952- -- Political and social views.     United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.     Legislators -- United States -- Biography.     Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.     United States -- Politics and government.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brown, Sherrod, 1952- author.       by title:      Desk 88 : eight prog...         MARC Display

Desk 88 : eight progressive senators who changed America / Sherrod Brown. by Brown, Sherrod, 1952- author. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. Subjects Brown, Sherrod, 1952- -- Political and social views.   United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.   Legislators -- United States -- Biography.   Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.   United States -- Politics and government. ISBN:  9780374138219 (hardcover) : 0374138214 (hardcover) : Description:  354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2006, Ohio's Brown has sat on the Senate floor at a mahogany desk with a proud history. Here he tells the story of eight of the Senators who were there before him. The eight are: Hugo Black, Robert F. Kennedy, Glen Taylor, George McGovern, Herbert Lehman, Al Gore Sr., Theodore Francis Green, and William Proxmire. Despite their flaws and frequent setbacks, each made a decisive contribution to the creation of a more just America. -- adapted from jacket   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 328.73092 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 328.73092 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 328.73092 Brown Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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