For the good of the order
Subtitle: Nick Coleman and the high tide of liberal politics in Minnesota, 1971-1981
By: John Watson Milton ; with a foreword by Walter F. Mondale
Contributors: Mondale, Walter F., 1928-; Ramsey County Historical Society
Publisher: Ramsey County Historical Society; Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St. Paul, Minnesota; [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9781462863808; 9781456880712
Subjects: Politics and government; Legislators; Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party; Politicians; Biography; History
Other titles: Nick Coleman and the high tide of liberal politics in Minnesota, 1971-1981
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 664-666) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chaos in the Senate; title: Famine, wind, and barley; title: From St. Columba to the Pacific war (1925-1945); title: From "Mister Tommy" to the "Senator from Ramsey" (1945-1962); title: Civil war in the DFL (1963-1967); title: Fratricide over the Vietnam War (1968); title: The twilight of conservative control (1969); title: The campaign for governor (1970); title: Miracles (1971-1972); title: Leading the majority (1973-1975); title: The Minnesota massacre (1976-1978); title: Adagio at the capitol (1978-1979); title: Judging a society (1979-1980); title: Time to leave (1980-1981); title: Afterword.