TY - BOOK AU - Unger,Nancy C. TI - Fighting Bob La Follette: the righteous reformer SN - 9780870204265 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - E 664 U57 2008 U1 - 973.8092B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Madison, WI PB - Wisconsin Historical Society Press KW - La Follette, Robert M. KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Senate KW - Biography KW - Progressivism (United States politics) KW - Legislators KW - Governors KW - Wisconsin KW - Politics and government KW - 1865-1933 KW - 1848-1950 N1 - Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000; Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0814/2008013127.html ER -