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Author Cummings, Elijah, author.

Title We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy / Elijah Cummings with James Dale ; foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B CUMMINGS    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO CUMMINGS    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B CUMMINGS E.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B CUMMINGS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B CUMMINGS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CUMMINGS, ELIJAH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-CUMMINGS CUM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 CUMMINGS, ELI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B CUMMINGS, E.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B CUMMINGS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers' son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.
Contents Prologue: pain, passion, and purpose -- The lie and the lesson -- "The Lord ain't finished with you yet" -- Our turn -- The hearings--and being heard -- Chasing truth -- Trump's Twitter attack on Baltimore -- Impeachment--not if, but when -- The last chapter -- Farewell to Elijah Cummings: selected excerpts of eulogies for Elijah Cummings.
Subject Cummings, Elijah.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
United States. Congress. House (OCoLC)fst00536930
African American legislators (OCoLC)fst00799220
Legislators (OCoLC)fst00995828
Maryland -- Baltimore (OCoLC)fst01204292
United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Added Author Dale, James, 1948- author.
Pelosi, Nancy, 1940- writer of foreword.
Added Title We are better than this
ISBN 9780062992260 (hardcover)
0062992260 (hardcover)
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