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The Resource Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America, Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy

Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America, Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy

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Summary
  • "An inspiring and eye-opening memoir showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural and red state voters from Montana's three-term Democratic senator"--
  • Tester is the only United States senator who manages a full-time job outside of the Senate-- as a Montana farmer. His his commitment to accountability, his ability to stand up to Donald Trump, and his success in, time and again, winning red state voters back to the Democratic Party, have come to distinguish Tester in the Senate. Here he shares his early life, his rise in the Democratic party, his vision for helping rural America, and his strategies for reaching red state voters. His voice is vital to the public discourse as we seek to understand the issues that are important to rural and working-class America in not just the 2020 election but also for years to come
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Grit, glue, and a meat grinder
  • Pickin' rock
  • 24 notes
  • Falling down, marrying up, taking over
  • A slow-burning fuse
  • Preservers of the past
  • A Peterbilt and a Prius
  • My one-eared dog
  • More zeroes
  • A farmer's guide to the US Senate
  • When we need the government ... and when we don't
  • Sleeping over a volcano
  • The maverick
  • "Khaihawana punk" and other gamechangers
  • Holes in soles
  • Whistleblowers within
  • How to pronounce "Montana"
  • Epilogue: Gone the sun
Isbn
9780062977496
Instance
Label
Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America
Title
Grounded
Title remainder
a senator's lessons on winning back rural America
Statement of responsibility
Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "An inspiring and eye-opening memoir showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural and red state voters from Montana's three-term Democratic senator"--
  • Tester is the only United States senator who manages a full-time job outside of the Senate-- as a Montana farmer. His his commitment to accountability, his ability to stand up to Donald Trump, and his success in, time and again, winning red state voters back to the Democratic Party, have come to distinguish Tester in the Senate. Here he shares his early life, his rise in the Democratic party, his vision for helping rural America, and his strategies for reaching red state voters. His voice is vital to the public discourse as we seek to understand the issues that are important to rural and working-class America in not just the 2020 election but also for years to come
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1956-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Tester, Jon
Dewey number
  • 328.73/092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1979-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Murphy, Aaron
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Tester, Jon
  • United States
  • Montana
  • Legislators
  • Legislators
  • United States
  • Montana
  • Montana
  • Rural population
  • Montana
  • Tester, Jon
  • Montana
  • United States
  • Legislators
  • Politics and government
  • Rural conditions
  • Rural population
  • Montana
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America, Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-390) and index
Contents
Grit, glue, and a meat grinder -- Pickin' rock -- 24 notes -- Falling down, marrying up, taking over -- A slow-burning fuse -- Preservers of the past -- A Peterbilt and a Prius -- My one-eared dog -- More zeroes -- A farmer's guide to the US Senate -- When we need the government ... and when we don't -- Sleeping over a volcano -- The maverick -- "Khaihawana punk" and other gamechangers -- Holes in soles -- Whistleblowers within -- How to pronounce "Montana" -- Epilogue: Gone the sun
Control code
on1182020521
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062977496
Lccn
2020033859
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1182020521
Label
Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America, Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-390) and index
Contents
Grit, glue, and a meat grinder -- Pickin' rock -- 24 notes -- Falling down, marrying up, taking over -- A slow-burning fuse -- Preservers of the past -- A Peterbilt and a Prius -- My one-eared dog -- More zeroes -- A farmer's guide to the US Senate -- When we need the government ... and when we don't -- Sleeping over a volcano -- The maverick -- "Khaihawana punk" and other gamechangers -- Holes in soles -- Whistleblowers within -- How to pronounce "Montana" -- Epilogue: Gone the sun
Control code
on1182020521
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062977496
Lccn
2020033859
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)1182020521

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