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Call me Tom : the life of Thomas F. Eagleton / James N. Giglio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giglio, James N.
- Series:
- Missouri biography series.
- Missouri biography series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eagleton, Thomas F., 1929-2007.
- Eagleton, Thomas F.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 310 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Detailed biography of the St. Louis senator as a moderate liberal in a conservative state, from a promising attorney to contributions in environmental and social legislation. Known for his successful bipartisanship, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice-President in 1972 until personal problems were revealed.
- Contents:
- Growing up in St. Louis
- Serving city and state government
- The inaugural 1968 senate campaign
- Promising beginnings
- The Eagleton affair
- In the arena
- The final campaign
- Combating the Reagan revolution
- The personal Eagleton
- The sage of St. Louis
- The final years.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826272614
- 0826272614
- OCLC:
- 868218088
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