Title Against the grain : six men who shaped America / Robert Underhill.

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New York : Algora Publishing, 2014.

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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Ignatius Donnelly: apostle of protest -- Chronology of Ignatius Donnelly -- Theodore Roosevelt: patrician renegade -- Chronicle of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. -- Eugene Debs: rebel with cause -- Chronology of Eugene V. Debs -- Robert M. La Follette: unyielding reformer -- Chronology of Robert Marion La Follette -- George W. Norris: liberal independent -- Chronology of George William Norris -- Henry Agard Wallace: New Deal reformist -- Chronology of Henry Agard Wallace.
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Summary	Dynamic individuals, one man or one woman at a time, frequently have played a role in slowing or hastening the forces that make history. Prof. Underhill shows the personalities, strengths and weaknesses of six men whose momentous decisions helped shape society. High school and college students may have heard of Ignatius Donnelly, Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Debs, Robert LaFollette, George Norris and Henry Agard Wallace; this informal history brings them to life and shows how they split from their friends and party affiliations to advocate ideas that seemed wild at the time but which later becam.
Subject	Politicians -- United States -- Attitudes.
	Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- Politics and government -- Moral and ethical aspects.
	Administrative agencies -- Texas -- Reorganization.
	Finance, Public -- Texas.
	Privatization -- Texas.
	Texas -- Appropriations and expenditures.
	Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
	Political ethics. (OCoLC)fst01069286
	Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
	Politicians -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst01069917
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form:	Print version: Underhill, Robert, 1920- Against the grain 9781628940633 (DLC) 2013049448 (OCoLC)865452411
ISBN	9781628940657 (electronic bk.)
	1628940654 (electronic bk.)

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