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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / by Joe Biden -- 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). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018.
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Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018. |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. Senate. |
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Biographies.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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Politics and government. |
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1945-1989 |
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Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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Maryland. |
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1951- |
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Since 1945 |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Frece, John W., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928- My life in progressive politics. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018] 9781623496272 (DLC) 2017039901 |
| ISBN |
9781623496289 (electronic book) |
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1623496284 (electronic book) |
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9781623496272 |
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