"Edmund G. (Pat) Brown has long been considered one of the two or three most effective governors of California. Thanks to this exhaustively researched and vividly written study by Ethan Rarick, we can now grasp the true strength and charisma of this extraordinary governor and the highpoint of public value and performance he orchestrated in the creation of contemporary California. A seasoned reporter, Rarick left everything behind to research and write this book. He made the right decision."--Kevin Starr, University ...
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"Edmund G. (Pat) Brown has long been considered one of the two or three most effective governors of California. Thanks to this exhaustively researched and vividly written study by Ethan Rarick, we can now grasp the true strength and charisma of this extraordinary governor and the highpoint of public value and performance he orchestrated in the creation of contemporary California. A seasoned reporter, Rarick left everything behind to research and write this book. He made the right decision."--Kevin Starr, University Professor of History, University of Southern California "This is an impressive and important work--exhaustively researched, elegantly written. It's not only the biography of the central figure in modern California history, Governor Pat Brown, but the story of a crucial era in California and its place in the nation's imagination. "California Rising" is a major document in our understanding of the man and the place he helped make."--Peter Schrag, former editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee and author of "Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future" "Ethan Rarick has written a shrewd and lively account of the life of Pat Brown, California's most constructive governor in the last half-century. What a pleasant way to learn about the history of the golden state during the key period in which state government was confronted with the economic and social challenges of rapid modernization. A very impressive book."--Nelson W. Polsby, Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley "An important and enjoyable book."--Bruce Cain, coeditor of "Voting at the Political Fault Line " "Ethan Rarick's narrative of the life of Pat Brown is a fascinating look at the maturation of a political animal. We follow closely as Brown gladhands his way up California's political ladder and becomes his state's most progressive governor. In this meticulous study, Rarick fleshes out Brown's battles with Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan throughout the 1960s. California Rising profits from Rarick's broad understanding of California and his constructive use of Brown's personal notes and correspondence."--Douglas Brinkley, author of "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War"
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Good. Good used book. There are some creases on the spine from being read. One page corner has been bent and there are a few spots on the outer page edges.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine black and white pictorial dj. the future happens first in California, and governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, tells the story of the pivotal era when that idea became a reality. Set against the riveting historical landscape of the late fifties and sixties, the book offers astute insights into history as well a fascinating glimpse of those who charted its course, including Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and the Brown family dynasty. Tells of Pat Brown's diary and love letters to his wife and the story of a true mover-and-shaker within his fascinating and turbulent political arena. 501 pp. including index.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; First printing inscribed by Rarick on the half-title page. Tight binding with a heavy bump to top front corner and light shelf bumping to panel edges. Very light soiling to cloth. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Like New. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 1st print (full # line), looks new and unread, tight clean unmarked with bright white pages, boards new looking with a bit of rubbing at bottom front tip, dust jacket undamaged and clean, Near Fine/Very Good.
