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Standing at the Water's Edge: Bob Straub's Battle for the Soul of Oregon - Couverture souple

Johnson, Charles

 
9780870716690: Standing at the Water's Edge: Bob Straub's Battle for the Soul of Oregon
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0870716697 ISBN 13 : 9780870716690
Editeur : Oregon State University, 2012

Synopsis

Standing at the Water's Edge chronicles the life of a unique, and perhaps unlikely, political figure in Oregon's history: former Governor Robert W. Straub.

A man of intelligence, drive, creativity, and fascinating contradictions, Straub overcame personal challenges and inevitable comparisons to his charismatic predecessor and friendly Republican rival, Tom McCall, to have a lasting impact on Oregon and the nation. Charles Johnson shares insights into Straub's significant legacy, focusing on his leading role in the state's financial and environmental issues and his influence on McCall. Johnson also reveals much of Straub's warm personal story, along with his secret struggles, including his battle with depression while Governor.

Standing at the Water's Edge offers rich descriptions of other intriguing political figures of the time as well, capturing the flavor of what has been called Oregon's political "golden age" of the sixties and seventies--created in part by the symbiotic relationship between Straub and McCall--and describing how and why it ended.

Standing at the Water's Edge is an essential addition to the literature about Oregon's political leaders for historians, political scientists, and general readers interested in Oregon history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles K. Johnson is a Portland writer, fundraiser, and activist. A native Oregonian, he has been active in environmental politics since childhood. After a decade in national politics, working with Physicians for Social Responsibility and as Executive Director of Nuclear Free America, Johnson returned to Oregon, where he was instrumental in making a home for the Robert W. Straub Archives at Western Oregon University's Hamersly Library.

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Éditeur
Oregon State University
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0870716697
ISBN 13 
9780870716690
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Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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