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100 1 $aWeisberger, Bernard A.,$d1922-
245 14 $aThe La Follettes of Wisconsin :$blove and politics in progressive America /$cBernard A. Weisberger.
260 $aMadison, Wis. :$bUniversity of Wisconsin Press,$c℗♭1994.
300 $axix, 364 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index.
505 0 $a1. Belle and Bob (1879-1905) -- 2. Bob: On the Road and on the Rise (1906-1911) -- 3. Belle: A "New Woman" and Her Family (1891-1911) -- 4. Fola: From Art to Activism (1904-1911) -- 5. Transition Time: The Family Completed (1912-1916) -- 6. The Catastrophe: Alone and at Bay (1917-1919) -- 7. In Another Country: Old Bob's Last Campaigns (1919-1925) -- 8. The Succession That Wasn't (1925-1941) -- Epilogue: The War and After.
520 $aDynastic political families have been an American tradition since the birth of the Republic. Indeed, a good part of our entire political history could be written simply by setting out the family histories of the Adamses, Roosevelts, Longs, and Kennedys. To that illustrious list must be added the La Follettes of Wisconsin, and they are brought vividly to life as never before in this collective biography by veteran journalist Bernard Weisberger.
520 8 $aMagnetic, theatrical, intensely loved and passionately denounced, Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette was the rebel knight of the Progressive vanguard and a family patriarch in the larger-than-life tradition of Joe Kennedy. As governor of Wisconsin (1901-1906) and U.S. Senator (1906-1925) he battled uncompromisingly for his vision of democracy - an idealistic mixture of informed citizenry and enlightened public servants combining to produce a utopian egalitarianism.
520 8 $aBy contrast, the private man, often isolated and defeated by social forces beyond his understanding or control, suffered from intense periods of depression and relied heavily on his family for survival.
520 8 $aWith his beloved wife, Belle Case La Follette, a Progressive journalist in her own right, "old Bob" raised their brood to perceive a unique personal and family responsibility for challenging (and curing) society's ills. His first child, Fola, left her stage career to campaign for suffrage; Robert Jr. followed his father to the Senate in 1925, when he was only thirty; and, in 1930, youngest son Phil became the old man's heir as Governor of Wisconsin and as the state's leading Progressive figure.
520 8 $aNot unlike the twentieth century's other political "first family," however, the La Follette saga ends in largely unrealized promise and tragedy. Fola, Phil, and Bob all ultimately abandoned public life, the latter two after bitter defeat and disillusionment. Finally, in February of 1953, "young Bob" took his own life.
520 8 $a. An intimate portrait of the Progressive movement and the revealing, poignant story of a prominent American family, The La Follettes of Wisconsin will charm, fascinate, and entertain its readers.
600 30 $aLa Follette family.
600 10 $aLa Follette, Robert M.$q(Robert Marion),$d1855-1925.
600 10 $aLa Follette, Belle Case,$d1859-1931.
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600 37 $aLa Follette family.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00219733
600 17 $aLa Follette, Robert M.$q(Robert Marion),$d1855-1925.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00014294
600 34 $aLa Follette (Family)
600 14 $aLa Follette, Robert M.$q(Robert Marion),$d1855-1925.
600 14 $aLa Follette, Belle Case,$d1859-1931.
650 0 $aProgressivism (United States politics)
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1865-1933.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aWeisberger, Bernard A., 1922-$tFollettes of Wisconsin.$dMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ℗♭1994$w(OCoLC)622392379
776 08 $iOnline version:$aWeisberger, Bernard A., 1922-$tFollettes of Wisconsin.$dMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ℗♭1994$w(OCoLC)632282498
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy052/93032286.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780299141301.pdf
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