Fighting Bob la Follette The Righteous Reformer

Name: Fighting Bob la Follette The Righteous Reformer
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ISBN: 9780870204265

ISBN-10: 0870204262

ISBN-13: 9780870204265

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nancy C. Unger

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Now in paperback with a new preface, this comprehensive biography weaves the triumph and the tragedy of the public and private lives of the most famous of Wisconsin leaders, Robert ldquo;Fighting Bobrdquo; La Follette. Despite his successes, La Follettersquo;s personal life was marred by misfortune including the death of his father when La Follette was only eight months old and illnesses so severe that complete rest, often for months at a time, was the prescribed cure. Through the personal letters, diaries, and documents of the La Follette family, Unger uses the private life of La Follette as a means for understanding the public figure. Thoroughly researched and documented, Fighting Bob La…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Publication date: 8/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Nancy C. Unger is assistant professor of history at Santa Clara University.



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Dull Tools



Beginnings: Oh, My Idolized Father



Civil Wars: My Name Is La Follette



The University Years: Training for the Duties of Citizenship



Belle Case La Follette: Woman's Victory, Woman's Tragedy



La Follette and the Law: Everything Is Not Enough



Congressman La Follette: So Good a Fellow Even His Enemies Like Him



Citizen La Follette: Forced into the Fight



Governor La Follette and the Wisconsin Idea: Wisconsin Is a Happier and Better State to Live In



Senator La Follette: The Bogey-Man of the Senate



The Burdens of a Great Name: You Have Set an Almost Unattainable Goal for Us



No Longer the Lonely Man of the Senate: The Coming of a New Order of Things



Incident in Philadelphia: La Follette's Political Suicide



No Surrender: One Hardly Knows Whether to Pity La Follette or Admire His Bravery



World War I: A Little Group of Willful Men



Resurrection: Time and Events Are Bringing Things Your Way at Last



Final Battles: I Want to Die ... with My Boots On


Epilogue: A Challenge to Youth in America Down All the Future Years


Notes


Bibliography


Index