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1 online resource |
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Senator Bill Bradley; Prologue; 1. The Assault Weapons Ban; 2. From Red Hook to Camden; 3. Bitten by the Political Bug; 4. The Congressional Years; 5. If at First You Don't Succeed . . .; 6. Lucinda; 7. The Third Time Is a Charm; 8. Meeting the Challenges in Trenton; 9. Bridging the Partisan Divide; 10. From Public Life to Private Citizen; 11. The Issues I Still Care About; Acknowledgments; Index; Color Plates |
| Summary |
This political memoir tells the remarkable story of how New Jersey's James J. Florio, a high school dropout, went on to become an attorney, a congressman, and finally one of the nation's most progressive governors--a passionate advocate for health care, gun control, and environmental protection |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2018) |
| Subject |
Florio, James J., 1937-
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| SUBJECT |
Florio, James J., 1937- fast |
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Governors -- New Jersey -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Governors
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New Jersey
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Electronic books
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bradley, Bill, 1943- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780813594330 |
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0813594332 |
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9780813594316 |
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0813594316 |
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