This is the first comprehensive biography of Willie Brown, one of California's most enduring and controversial politicians. Audacious, driven, talented—Brown has dominated California politics longer and more completely than any other public figure. James Richardson, a senior writer for The Sacramento Bee, takes us from Brown's childhood, through his years as Speaker of the State Assembly, to his election as San Francisco's mayor. Along the way we get a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of three decades of California politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue
- CHAPTER ONE Sodom
- CHAPTER TWO Lewis and Minnie
- CHAPTER THREE Anna Lee
- CHAPTER FOUR Whitecapping
- CHAPTER FIVE The Fillmore
- CHAPTER SIX Burton
- CHAPTER SEVEN Jones United Methodist Church
- CHAPTER EIGHT Forest Knolls
- CHAPTER NINE The Gaffney Triangle
- CHAPTER TEN Unruh
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Rock the Boat!
- CHAPTER TWELVE Mice Milk
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN RFK
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Deadlock
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Mr. Chairman
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Give Me Back My Delegation!
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Oblivion
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Edge of Despair
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Play for Power
- Illustrations
- CHAPTER TWENTY Drawing Lines
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Deukmejian
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Willie Brown Inc.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Gang of Five
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Ends of Power
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Hometown Son
- EPILOGUE Da Mayor
- APPENDIX ONE Statement by Willie L. Brown Jr. to the California Assembly Committee on Campus Disturbances, May 1969
- APPENDIX TWO Speech by Willie L. Brown Jr. to the Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, July io, 1972
- Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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