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The life and times of George McGovern
Thomas J. Knock
Published
2016
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Written in English
The biography of the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate who became America"s most eloquent and prescient critic of the Vietnam War. In this masterful book, Thomas Knock traces George McGovern"s life from his rustic boyhood in a South Dakota prairie town during the Depression to his rise to the pinnacle of politics at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago where police and antiwar demonstrators clashed in the city"s streets.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Thomas J. Knock |
| Series | Politics and society in twentieth-century America, Politics and society in twentieth-century America |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E840.8.M34 K58 2016 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 2 volumes |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27203393M |
| ISBN 10 | 0691142998 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780691142999 |
| LC Control Number | 2015019637 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 982381541, 911518165 |
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