Becoming Wellstone
Subtitle: healing from tragedy and carrying on my father's legacy
By: Paul David Wellstone Jr
Publisher: Hazelden
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Center City, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781616494452; 9781616494568
Subjects: Death; Family; Lobbying; Fathers; Law and legislation; Influence; Fathers and sons; Political and social views; Adjustment (Psychology); Bereavement; Psychological aspects; Mental health insurance
Description: 'Becoming Wellstone is an insider’s look at Paul Wellstone in action, revealing the man behind the visionary leader who challenged the status quo. We move with Dave from a childhood of touch-football games, family dinners, and political rallies to a young adulthood engulfed in loss. We see this son struggle to work through tragedy and slowly regain the strength to look ahead—becoming a great leader in his own right, and championing one of his father’s great life achievements: the enactment of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008, bringing mental health and substance abuse treatment benefits to the masses."--publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The Crash; title: Growing Up Wellstone; title: My Dad the Troublemaker; title: Losing My Advisor and My Support Network; title: Watch Out for the Eagles; title: The Amigo Road House Finds Me; title: Another Wellstone Goes to Washington : Lobbying for My Father's Signature Issue; title: Getting the Wellstone Bill on Mental Health Passed; title: Expect Setbacks and Failure on the Road to Recovery : Place Your Stone Well; title: Conclusion: Carrying On My Father's Legacy, My Own Way; title: Afterword / by Jim Ramstad; title: Appendix: Paul Wellstone Obituary from the New York Times; Transcript of Dave Wellstone's Eulogy Given at the Memorial Service for Paul Wellstone; The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.