Senator Albert Gore, Sr.: Tennessee MaverickLSU Press, 2004 M10 25 - 384 pages Best remembered as the father of Vice President Al Gore, Albert Gore, Sr., worked tirelessly in politics himself, a Democratic congressman and senator from 1939 to 1971 and a representative of southern liberalism and American reformism. In the first comprehensive biography of Gore, Kyle Longley has produced an incisive portrait of a significant American political leader and an arresting narrative of the shaping of a southern and American political tradition. His research includes archival sources from across the country as well as interviews with Gore’s colleagues, friends, and family. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
The Boy from Possum Hollow | 8 |
Mr Gore Goes to Washington | 41 |
In the New World of Atoms the Cold War and the Fair Deal | 69 |
Joining the Millionaires Club | 102 |
A Time of Peril on Many Fronts | 134 |
Living in Camelot | 158 |
In the Midst of the Great Society and Beyond | 182 |
Target Number One | 217 |
Life out of the Limelight | 241 |
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