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Trailblazer [electronic resource] : a biography of Jerry Brown / Chuck McFadden.
In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than thirty years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. Son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdrop of a huge, balkanized state-and shoved to and fro by complex currents-Jerry Brown plumbed his visionary impulses as well as his grandiose ambitions. McFadden traces Brown's childhood in San Francisco, his time studying for the priesthood, his unusual political career, and his romances-including a long-term
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520955011 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0520955013 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Brown, Jerry, 1938- Governors > California > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General California > Politics and government > 1951- |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
