Advise & Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate
Abourezk, a Democrat who served in Congress for almost a decade in the 1970s, details a fascinating journey, both personally and professionally, on his way to Capitol Hill. His tale, however, does not have the stirring triumph of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ; he voluntarily left office in 1979. The annals of the U.S. Senate are replete with accounts of political mavericks, and Abourezk helped lead the charge in the 1970s against the Washington establishment, the status quo, and politics as usual. Perhaps his best training for this exercise was not his war service but his time spent as a bartender in South Dakota. His brand of populist politics infuriated many, pleased others, and should be read by all, for often truth is stranger than fiction.- Stephen K. Shaw, Northwest Nazarene Coll., Nampa, Id.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.