The maverick and the machine
Subtitle: Governor Dan Walker tells his story
By: Dan Walker ; edited by Peggy Lang
Contributors: Lang, Peggy
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809334667; 9780809387564
Subjects: Governors; Politics and government; Biography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A tough father, a loving wife, and a growing family; title: The war, law school, and the U.S. Supreme Court; title: My introduction to machine politics; title: The underbelly of machine politics; title: My political baptism; title: Becoming an independent democrat; title: Becoming controversial in Chicago; title: Marching with Rev. King and taking on the mob; title: Reporting on urban riots and dealing with Daley; title: The Walker Report; title: Launching the campaign for governor; title: The long walk; title: The good people of southern Illinois; title: Blister pains balanced by personal pleasures; title: Stories of the walk; title: The end of the 1,197-mile walk; title: Shaking a million hands; title: Election night; title: Victory despite Nixon's republican landslide; title: The new, tough executive orders; title: Fighting with Daley's legislators; title: A prison riot and midterm election victories; title: Losing in the 1976 primary; title: A dramatically new and different life; title: The sad trail to jail; title: Suicidal thoughts; title: More travail and finally peace.