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Grounded : a senator's lessons on winning back rural America / Jon Tester ; with Aaron Murphy.

Tester, Jon, 1956- (author.). Murphy, Aaron, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

Tester is the only United States senator who manages a full-time job outside of the Senate-- as a Montana farmer. His his commitment to accountability, his ability to stand up to Donald Trump, and his success in, time and again, winning red state voters back to the Democratic Party, have come to distinguish Tester in the Senate. Here he shares his early life, his rise in the Democratic party, his vision for helping rural America, and his strategies for reaching red state voters. His voice is vital to the public discourse as we seek to understand the issues that are important to rural and working-class America in not just the 2020 election but also for years to come.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062977489
ISBN: 0062977482
ISBN: 9780062977496
ISBN: 0062977490
Physical Description: 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-390) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Grit, glue, and a meat grinder -- Pickin' rock -- 24 notes -- Falling down, marrying up, taking over -- A slow-burning fuse -- Preservers of the past -- A Peterbilt and a Prius -- My one-eared dog -- More zeroes -- A farmer's guide to the US Senate -- When we need the government ... and when we don't -- Sleeping over a volcano -- The maverick -- "Khaihawana punk" and other game changers -- Holes in soles -- Whistleblowers within -- How to pronounce "Montana" -- Epilogue: Gone the sun.