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Barney Frank : the story of America's only left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman /
This book is a detailed biography of one of the nation's most distinctive and effective legislators, based on interviews with over 150 people, including more than 30 hours with Barney Frank himself. In a survey conducted by Washingtonian magazine, Barney Frank was rated the smartest, funniest,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- An outspoken voice at the White House table
- Bayonne born and bred
- A decade at Harvard with only a B.A. to show for it
- Moving seamlessly from political theory at Harvard to hardball politics at City Hall
- Coming to Washington
- Running for the legislature from Ward 5, where everybody knows your name
- The gentleman from the back bay
- Mr. Frank goes to Washington with help from Pope John Paul II and John Kerry
- Rookie of the year
- Running against heckler-Reaganomics
- Barney, we hardly recognize ye
- Subcommittee Chairman Frank
- A Frank that relishes the perfect job
- Accompanying Yelena Bonner back to the USSR
- Coming out
- In surviving a Washington sex scandal, the importance of being frank
- A frank compromise on gays in the military
- The most hated man in Gingrichdom
- Defending the President against impeachment
- The gay Washington monument
- Talking frankly about not beating around the bush
- A committee chairman at last.