the righteous reformer Unger, Nancy C. creator text bibliography biography wiu Madison, WI Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2008 1st pbk. ed. monographic eng spa

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xxi, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Beginnings : oh, my idolized father -- Civil wars : my name is La Follette -- The university years : training for the duties of citizenship -- Belle Case La Follette : woman's victory, woman's tragedy -- La Follette and the law : everything is not enough -- Congressman La Follette : so good a fellow even his enemies like him -- Citizen La Follette : forced into the fight -- Governor La Follette and the Wisconsin idea : Wisconsin is a happier and better state to live in -- Senator La Follette : the bogey-man of the Senate -- The burdens of a great name : you have set an almost unattainable goal for us -- No longer the lonely man of the Senate : the coming of a new order of things -- Incident in philadelphia : La Follette's political suicide -- No surrender : one hardly knows whether to pity La Follette or admire his bravery -- World war I : a little group of willful men -- Resurrection : time and events are bringing things your way at last -- Final battles : I want to die--with my boots on -- Epilogue : a challenge to youth in America down all the future years. Nancy C. Unger. Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index. n-us--- n-us-wi La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion) 1855-1925 United States. Congress. Senate Biography Progressivism (United States politics) Legislators United States Biography Governors Wisconsin Biography United States Politics and government 1865-1933 Wisconsin Politics and government 1848-1950 E 664 U57 2008 973.8092 B 9780870204265 (pbk. : alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008013127.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008013127.html DLC 080320 20230411090104.0 spa