Barney Frank : : the Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman
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Introduction -- An outspoken voice at the White House table -- Bayonne born and bred -- A decade at Harvard with only a B.A. to show for it -- Moving seamlessly from political theory at Harvard to hardball politics at City Hall -- Coming to Washington -- Running for the legislature from Ward 5, where everybody knows your name -- The gentleman from the back bay -- Mr. Frank goes to Washington with help from Pope John Paul II and John Kerry -- Rookie of the year -- Running against heckler-Reaganomics -- Barney, we hardly recognize ye -- Subcommittee Chairman Frank -- A Frank that relishes the perfect job -- Accompanying Yelena Bonner back to the USSR -- Coming out -- In surviving a Washington sex scandal, the importance of being frank -- A frank compromise on gays in the military -- The most hated man in Gingrichdom -- Defending the President against impeachment -- The gay Washington monument -- Talking frankly about not beating around the bush -- A committee chairman at last.
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PUBLISHED
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xii, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1558497218
9781558497214
SUBJECTS
Frank, Barney, -- 1940-
United States. -- House -- Biography.
Gay legislators -- Biography.
Legislators -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.