Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown

by Chuck McFadden

Book Overview

In this first biography of Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. in more than thirty years, Chuck McFadden explores the unique persona of one of the most idiosyncratic politicians in California history. Son of California political royalty who forged his own political style against the tumultuous backdrop of a huge, balkanized state--and shoved to and fro by complex currents--Jerry Brown plumbed his visionary impulses as well as his grandiose ambitions. McFadden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520275632
• ISBN13: 9780520275638
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"