Barney Frank : The Story of America's Only

Based on interviews with more than 150 people, this biography reconstructs for the first time the outspoken lawmaker's life and career, from his working-class childhood in Bayonne, New Jersey, to his years at Harvard and in Boston politics, through his rise to national prominence.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
An Outspoken Voice at the White House Table	p. 11
Bayonne Born and Bred	p. 22
A Decade at Harvard with Only a B.A. to Show for It	p. 41
Moving Seamlessly from Political Theory at Harvard to Hardball Politics at City Hall	p. 67
Coming to Washington	p. 85
Running for the Legislature from Ward 5, Where Everybody Knows Your Name	p. 97
The Gentleman from the Back Bay	p. 108
Mr. Frank Goes to Washington with Help from Pope John Paul II and John Kerry	p. 151
Rookie of the Year	p. 201
Running against Heckler-Reaganomics	p. 215
Barney, We Hardly Recognize Ye	p. 259
Subcommittee Chairman Frank	p. 273
A Frank That Relishes the Perfect Job	p. 287
Accompanying Yelena Bonner Back to the USSR	p. 320
Coming Out	p. 327
In Surviving a Washington Sex Scandal, the Importance of Being Frank	p. 354
A Frank Compromise on Gays in the Military	p. 397
The Most Hated Man in Gingrichdom	p. 407
Defending the President against Impeachment	p. 420
The Gay Washington Monument	p. 444
Talking Frankly and Not Beating around the Bush	p. 463
A Committee chairman at Last	p. 485
Index	p. 503
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Barney Frank : The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman

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