Jess: The Political Career of Jesse Marvin Unruh

by Jackson K. Putnam

Jesse Marvin Unruh acquired a national political reputation despite the fact that he never gained office above the California governmental level. He spent sixteen years (1955-1970) in the state legislature, seven of them as assembly speaker. While there he secured passage of moderate-liberal legislation and upgraded the quality of the state legislature to the number one position in the nation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761830677
• ISBN13: 9780761830672
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"