Tough Liberal
Subtitle: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: August 1, 2009
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780231134972
Subjects: Biographies & Memoirs -- Leaders & Notable People -- Political; Biographies & Memoirs -- Memoirs; Biographies & Memoirs -- Professionals & Academics -- Educators; History -- Americas -- United States; Nonfiction -- Education -- Education Theory; Nonfiction -- Government -- Federal Government; Nonfiction -- Politics -- Labor Unions
First sentence: WHEN Albert Shanker was born on September 14, 1928, he emerged from the womb with a large red birthmark on the right side of his neck running over the back of his head.