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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Brown, Willie L.     Subjects     Brown, Willie L.     Brown, Willie L. -- Political and social views.     California. Legislature. Assembly -- Speakers -- Biography.     Mayors -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.     Legislators -- California -- Biography.     African American legislators -- California -- Biography.     California -- Politics and government -- 1951-     United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brown, Willie L.       by title:      Basic Brown : my lif...         MARC Display

Basic Brown : my life and our times / by Brown, Willie L. Simon & Schuster, 2008. Edition:  1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Description:  350 p. : Illustration Details:  ill. ISBN:  074329081X (hardcover) 9780743290814 (hardcover) Contents:  Willie Brown, who are you kidding? -- Willie Brown is not kidding -- Consensus and power -- Sex scandals and the socializing politician -- The power of clothes : don't pull a Dukakis -- Black politics and racism today -- Women in American politics today -- Asking for money is part of the business -- My solution to the campaign finance mess -- Should one politician call the cops on another? -- A black teenager arrives in San Francisco -- Phil Burton, Herb Caen, Jesse Unruh and me -- My own family life -- Gay rights : how some historic legislation was really made -- Starting on my rise to power -- Stabbed in the back on the way up -- The assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk -- Loyalty and betrayal on the way to the top -- Elected speaker -- Old-time money scams -- "An offer like that could land us both in jail" -- My money raising principles -- Tricks the FBI played to try to get me -- Gun control ; Nelson Mandela's California allies ; and saving kindergartens -- Sustaining speakership : most magnificent moment -- The godfather and the father of the house -- Why would you want to be mayor? -- Running for mayor -- Slick Willie : da mayor -- A mayor is actually supposed to solve problems -- The selfish : the killer dynamic of city politics -- Traction and no traction : muni and homelessness -- Restoring the city's crown jewel -- A football stadium and a sado-masochistic birthday party -- Schemers scorned -- Sacred cartel -- A mayor makes friends with warlords as well as with nice people -- The scared days and an urban legend -- The political life -- What is a politician? Notes:  Includes index. Number of Copies:  2 NUMBER OF HOLDS:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Call No. Collection Status   Madison PL-Hawthorne 328. 797092 B815b ADULT NONFICTION SHELVES In Library Stoughton Library 328.797 BRO 2ND FLOOR - NON-FICTION In Library Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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