Political prairie fire : the Nonpartisan League, 1915-1922 / by Robert L. Morlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morlan, Robert Loren, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Nonpartisan League.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1955.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The farmers of North Dakota were ripe for revolt when the magnetic figure of A.C. Townley strode into their midst and offered them a new political formula to redress their grievances.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; 1 PATTERN FOR CONFLICT; 2 "GRASS ROOTS" OPERATIONS; 3 UP FROM THE SOD HOUSE; 4 FIRST BLOOD; 5 DAYBREAK ON THE PRAIRIE; 6 FARMERS AT THE HELM; 7 STORM WARNINGS; 8 THE REIGN OF TERROR; 9 A NEW NATIONAL PARTY?; 10 "THE NEW DAY IN NORTH DAKOTA"; 11 SCHISMS AND PROSECUTIONS; 12 REVENGE POLITICS; 13 YEAR OF CRISIS; 14 A LEGISLATURE WITHOUT LEGISLATION; 15 THE RECALL IMBROGLIO; 16 THE TIDE EBBS; FOOTNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5830-7

OCLC:

233575449