Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell"Based on dozens of interviews with McConnell's colleagues, friends, and rivals--and with the senator himself--'Republican leader' recounts McConnell's story from his childhood in the Democratic Deep South, through his political coming of age in the civil rights and Goldwater eras, through his ascendance during the Reagan and Gingrich revolutions, and up through the Bush administration to the present."--Book jacket. |
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Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McConnell John David Dyche No preview available - 2010 |
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