Barbara Jordan
American Hero
American Hero
By Mary Beth Rogers
By Mary Beth Rogers
By Mary Beth Rogers
By Mary Beth Rogers
Category: Biography & Memoir | Domestic Politics
Category: Biography & Memoir | Domestic Politics
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Paperback $21.00
Jan 04, 2000 | ISBN 9780553380668
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Praise
"This well-documented biography is a tribute to [Jordan] and a gift to those who honor the ideals for which she stood."
—Chicago Tribune
"Splendid…an inspiring account of Barbara Jordan’s remarkable life."
—The New York Times Book Review
"[A] thoughtful biography of a one-of-a-kind twentieth-century figure."
—Booklist
"The new Jordan biography-like its subject-commands respect."
—Austin American-Statesman
"A reverent portrait that observes…the dignity, precision, oratorical gifts, discipline and self-sufficiency that defined Barbara Jordan."
—USA Today
"[A] splendid new biography."
—San Antonio Express-News
"Impressive…a major work…Jordan emerges from the page with an immediacy that leaves one with a new sense of loss over her death. "
—The Women’s Review of Books
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