02773nam 2200553 450 991082238200332120230803222448.01-62894-065-4(CKB)2560000000148355(EBL)1678732(SSID)ssj0001181123(PQKBManifestationID)12392928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181123(PQKBWorkID)11142026(PQKB)11120120(MiAaPQ)EBC1678732(Au-PeEL)EBL1678732(CaPaEBR)ebr10859797(OCoLC)878263563(EXLCZ)99256000000014835520140427h20142014 uy 0enmur|n|---|||||txtccrAgainst the grain six men who shaped America /Robert UnderhillNew York :Algora Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (178 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62894-063-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Ignatius Donnelly: Apostle of Protest; Chronology of Ignatius Donnelly; Chapter 2. Theodore Roosevelt: Patrician Renegade; Chronology of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; Chapter 3. Eugene Debs: Rebel with Cause; Chronology of Eugene V. Debs; Chapter 4. Robert M. La Follette: Unyielding Reformer; Chronology of Robert Marion La Follette; Chapter 5. George W. Norris: Liberal Independent; Chronology of George William Norris; Chapter 6. Henry Agard Wallace: New Deal Reformist; Chronology of Henry Agard WallaceDynamic individuals, one man or one woman at a time, frequently have played a role in slowing or hastening the forces that make history. Prof. Underhill shows the personalities, strengths and weaknesses of six men whose momentous decisions helped shape society. High school and college students may have heard of Ignatius Donnelly, Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene Debs, Robert LaFollette, George Norris and Henry Agard Wallace; this informal history brings them to life and shows how they split from their friends and party affiliations to advocate ideas that seemed wild at the time but which later becamPoliticiansUnited StatesAttitudesPoliticiansUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentMoral and ethical aspectsPoliticiansAttitudes.Politicians324.2092Underhill Robert1920-1638280MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822382003321Against the grain4034131UNINA