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Reporting the Oregon Story : How Activists and Visionaries Transformed a State.

"Oregon entered a new era in 1964 with the election of Tom McCall as Secretary of State and Bob Straub as State Treasurer. Their political rivalry formed the backdrop for two of Oregon's most transformative decades. Veteran Oregon journalist Floyd McKay had a front-row seat"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKay, Floyd J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; Profile: Team Neuberger; One. Television's Favorite Son; Profile: That Old Gang of Tom's; Two. Saving the Rivers and Beaches; Profile: Janet McLennan's Activism; Three. Mark Goes Rogue: Vietnam in Oregon; Profile: Bob Duncan: More Than a Hawk; Four. Tumult in 1968: The Year of Change; Five. Sitting in Tom's Chair; Six. Red Hat to Vortex: the Reinvention of Tom McCall; Profile: The Odd Couple: Ron Schmidt and Ed Westerdahl; Seven. People for ... Friends of . . .; Profile: Vera Katz: From Brooklyn with Love; Eight. Saving the Land.
  • Profile: The Remarkable L.B. DayProfile: Freshman Chutzpah: Don Stathos and Walt Brown; Nine. Holding on in Changing Times; Profile: Nancy Russell: Steel in a Velvet Glove; Ten. Becoming Portlandia; Profile: Timber Jim and the Redhead; Eleven. The Legacy; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Additional Readings and Viewings; Index.