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Bill Cohen's 1972 campaign for Congress : an oral history of the walk that changed Maine politics
- Title
- Bill Cohen's 1972 campaign for Congress : an oral history of the walk that changed Maine politics / edited by Christian P. Potholm II, with Jed Lyons ; introduction by the Hon. William S. Cohen.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
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- Description
- xx, 241 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- 1972 was a true watershed in Maine politics. Following a hundred years of Republican dominance, Democrats led by Senator Ed Muskie had achieved a string of victories that threatened to sweep Republicans from the board of congressional and gubernatorial offices. On election day only the win by first time Republican congressional candidate Bill Cohen would stop the Democrat shut out. Cohen won by determination and perseverance, charisma, and grit, and by his campaign 650-mile walk across Maine's expansive second congressional district from Gilead on the New Hampshire border to Ft. Kent on the Canadian border. The Walk, as it became known, was an over-arching feature of that campaign and soon became a staple of the subsequent successful campaigns by congressional, senate, and gubernatorial candidates in the Pine Tree State. On the fiftieth anniversary of a campaign that would change the course of Maine politics and propel Cohen onto the national political stage where he would play prominent roles in the House, Senate, and as secretary of defense, this book captures, in the vivid and often surprising words of the participants, how The Walk came to be.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Oral history discussion with Secretary Bill Cohen and Professory Christian Potholm -- Oral history discussion with Jim Harrington -- Oral history discussion with Peter B. Webster -- Oral history discussion with Robert Loeb -- Oral history discussion with Bill Webster -- Oral history discussion with Rob Witsil -- Oral history discussion with Cindy Watson-Welch -- Oral history discussion with Bob Monks -- Oral history discussion with Mike Harkins -- Oral history discussion with Severin Beliveau -- Oral history discussion with David Emery.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-5110
- ISBN
- 9781538170922
- 1538170922
- OCLC
- 1299444661
- Title
- Bill Cohen's 1972 campaign for Congress : an oral history of the walk that changed Maine politics / edited by Christian P. Potholm II, with Jed Lyons ; introduction by the Hon. William S. Cohen.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- Since 1951
- Added Author
- Potholm, Christian P., 1940- editor.Lyons, Jed, editor.Cohen, William S., writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-5110