Standing on principle : lessons learned in public life / James J. Florio ; foreword by Senator Bill Bradley.
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TextPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 0813594332
- 9780813594316
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- Florio, James J., 1937-
- Florio, James J., 1937-
- Governors -- New Jersey -- Biography
- Gouverneurs -- New Jersey -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- Governors
- New Jersey
- 974.9/043092 23
- F140.22.F56 A3 2018
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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Senator Bill Bradley; Prologue; 1. The Assault Weapons Ban; 2. From Red Hook to Camden; 3. Bitten by the Political Bug; 4. The Congressional Years; 5. If at First You Don't Succeed . . .; 6. Lucinda; 7. The Third Time Is a Charm; 8. Meeting the Challenges in Trenton; 9. Bridging the Partisan Divide; 10. From Public Life to Private Citizen; 11. The Issues I Still Care About; Acknowledgments; Index; Color Plates.
This political memoir tells the remarkable story of how New Jersey's James J. Florio, a high school dropout, went on to become an attorney, a congressman, and finally one of the nation's most progressive governors--a passionate advocate for health care, gun control, and environmental protection.
Includes index.
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