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Blue state blues / David R. Slavitt.

Title: Blue state blues / David R. Slavitt.
Author: Slavitt, David R., 1935-
Publication: Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, c2006.

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358 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this memoir, David R. Slavitt recounts his day-to-day life on the campaign trail, describing the often surreal experience of being a pro-choice, pro-gay-marriage GOP candidate running against a pro-life Democrat. When Slavitt decided to make a run for the Massachusetts State Legislature in 2004, he knew the odds were against him. Though a well-respected writer, he was a political novice and a moderate Republican in a district where defeating any Democrat was next to impossible. But in the grandest of American traditions, hoping for the best and wanting to do some good, he threw his hat into the ring - and the result was a circus he could never have anticipated. From fundraising and door-knocking to angling for good press and mixing with nationally known candidates and officials, Slavitt navigates the choppy waters of state politics, learning as he goes. This book shows that American politics still has a heart."--Jacket.

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Biographies
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Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

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committed to retain

ISBN

0819568066 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819568069

LCCN

^^2005028914

OCLC

61859829
SCSB-10040592

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Harvard Library