Young Bob: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr

Young Bob: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr
ISBN-10
087020341X
ISBN-13
9780870203411
Category
Legislators
Pages
338
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society
Author
Patrick J. Maney

Description

United States senator "Young Bob" La Follette entered politics as a young reformer in the shadow of his legendary father, "Fighting Bob" La Follette. He made his own mark as a key architect of Roosevelt's New Deal and as a champion of labor rights and civil liberties. But in 1946 he was unexpectedly unseated by Joseph McCarthy, whose rise to Cold War notoriety foreshadowed La Follette's despair and suicide in 1953. This new edition updates the only full scale biography of La Follette,Jr., the first to exploit his voluminous collection of personal papers. Patrick J. Maney makes clear that Young Bob's story is as relevant today as it was when he died. His life stands as dramatic evidence of how one of the most respected politicians of his time bridged the political spectrum and was admired by both liberals like FDR and Harry Truman and conservatives like Robert Taft and Richard Nixon.

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