LEADER 04837oam 22005414a 450 001 9910825027203321 005 20230814222324.0 010 $a0-87565-797-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6805830 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6805830 035 $a(CKB)19434191500041 035 $a(OCoLC)1286681859 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_98465 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919434191500041 100 $a20210722d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOld Money, New West$eFife Symington and the Uniquely American Landscapes That Made Him, Broke Him, and Made Him Anew /$fRobert Nelson and Jack L. August, Jr. ; foreword by Bill Clinton 210 1$aFort Worth, Texas :$cTCU Press,$d[2021] 215 $a1 online resource (489 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Nelson, Robert Old Money, New West College Station : TCU Press,c2021 9780875657875 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Thanksgiving -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: The Star-Spangled Lineage -- Chapter 2: Monkeys and Mondo Trasho -- Chapter 3: "Symington is a fascist!" at Harvard -- Chapter 4: War -- Chapter 5: A Second-Class City -- Chapter 6: How to Get Ahead in Business -- Chapter 7: A World-Class City -- Chapter 8: How to Get Ahead in Politics -- Chapter 9: Boom Time with a Time Bomb -- Chapter 10: Decisions, Decisions -- Chapter 11: Debacle and Depression -- Chapter 12: The Race Is On -- Chapter 13: "Same Old Ev" -- Chapter 14: A Blur of Plurality -- Chapter 15: One More Time -- Chapter 16: The Rookie -- Chapter 17: On a Roll -- Chapter 18: The Devil Is Allegedly in the Details -- Chapter 19: A Tale of Two 1992s -- Chapter 20: Big Budget Feud -- Chapter 21: Back in the Black -- Chapter 22: A Right Turn? -- Chapter 23: The Mercado -- Chapter 24: The Bully Pulpit -- Chapter 25: The Problem with Polls -- Chapter 26: The Big Swing -- Chapter 27: Contract with Arizona -- Chapter 28: A Bad Fall -- Chapter 29: Blood in the Water -- Chapter 30: Tough Guy -- Chapter 31: "Who is this guy?" -- Chapter 32: Space Invaders -- Chapter 33: Pre-Trial Diversions -- Chapter 34: "Arizona's Trial of the Century" -- Chapter 35: Dog Days and End Times -- Chapter 36: Hard Times -- Chapter 37: The Waiting Game -- Chapter 38: New Hope and 8.25 an Hour -- Chapter 39: The Remaining Legal Issues -- Chapter 40: The Foodie -- Chapter 41: "You Couldn't Make This Stuff Up" -- Chapter 42: Reefer Sensibleness -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. 330 $a"By 1994, Arizona Governor Fife Symington was arguably the hottest young star in the Republican Party-a lively, articulate voice for a new breed of culturally moderate conservatives perfectly positioned for a US Senate run and perhaps a shot at the presidency in 2000. Instead, earlier decisions and mistakes he made as his real estate empire collapsed amid the Savings and Loan Crisis would torpedo his political career, bankrupt him, and place him at the doorstep of federal prison. Then a new century-along with a preemptive presidential pardon from President Bill Clinton-brought new hope and opportunities as well as international fame in the world of UFO research. While unique, Symington's story is also an American story. Born into one of the wealthiest families in America, Symington could have hunkered down in old-money leisure. Instead, he left the country to fight in Southeast Asia and then, like millions of Americans before him, went to make his name amid yet another real estate boom in the American West. He brought his old-school conservative fiscal philosophies with him, but soon found himself at war with the cultural conservatives within his own party, particularly on issues of immigration and the environment. Symington was an early pioneer in successfully navigating what is now an existential threat for moderates in the Republican Party: how to govern with conservative-leaning values without kowtowing to the worst instincts of the radicalized, nativist right"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPolitics and government$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01919741 606 $aGovernors$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00945704 606 $aGovernors$zArizona$vBiography 607 $aArizona$2fast 607 $aArizona$xPolitics and government$y1951- 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aBiographies. 615 7$aPolitics and government. 615 7$aGovernors. 615 0$aGovernors 676 $a979.1/053092 676 $aB 686 $aBIO010000$2bisacsh 700 $aNelson$b Robert$f1967-$01696572 702 $aClinton$b Bill$f1946- 702 $aAugust$b Jack L.$cJr.,$f1954- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825027203321 996 $aOld Money, New West$94076631 997 $aUNINA