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A Democratic Reading List for Arlington: Values and People

Robbins Library call numbers are in the left column.

Democratic Values

B Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, by Donna Brazile, 2004
361.8 Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World, by Michael J. Brown (of Arlington), 2006
973.931 Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, by Robert C. Byrd, 2004
973.929 Stickin': The Case for Loyalty, by James Carville, 2000
306.0973 We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives, by James Carville, 1996
320.973 The Good Fight, by Shirley Chisholm, 1973
305.231 It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1996
B Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2003
320.973 Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever, by Mario M. Cuomo, 2004
B Winning Back America, by Howard Dean, 2003
324.2736 You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America, by Howard Dean with Judith Warner, 2004
320.973 They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate the Next Political Era, by E.J. Dionne, Jr., 1996
305.569  Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich
324.2736 Speaking Frankly: What's Wrong With the Democrats and How to Fix It, by Barney Frank, 1992
320.9 What's the Matter With Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, by Thomas Frank, 2004
330.122 One Market under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy, by Thomas Frank, 2000
330 The Essential Galbraith, by John Kenneth Galbraith; selected and edited by Andrea D. Williams, 2001
330.126 The Good Society: the Humane Agenda, by John Kenneth Galbraith, 1996
339.46 The Nature of Mass Poverty, by John Kenneth Galbraith, 1979
320.973 The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them, by Amy Goodman with David Goodman, 2004
363.7 Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit, by Al Gore, 1992
363.7387 An Inconvenient Truth : The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, Al Gore, 2006 (also video)
973.91 The Age of Reform: From Bryan to F. D. R., by Richard Hofstadter, 1955
973.929 Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, 2003
973.929 Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known, by Molly Ivins, 2004
336.2009 Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich – And Cheat Everybody Else, by David Cay Johnston, 2003
973.91 Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, by David M. Kennedy, 1999
363.7 The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right, by John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 1997
320.513 A Call to Service, by John Kerry, 2003
364.106 The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security, by John Kerry, 1997
330.973 The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century, by Paul Krugman, 2005
338.542 The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman, 1999
PB Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate: The Essential Guide for Progressives, by George Lakoff, 2004
172 Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know That Liberals Don't, by George Lakoff, 1996
320.52 Whose Freedom? The Battle Over America's Most Important Idea, by George Lakoff, 2006
324.4 Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists, by Betsy Leondar-Wright (Arlington resident), 2005
320.207 Dude, Where's My Country?, Michael Moore, 2003
973.9 Moyers on America : A Journalist and His Times, by Bill Moyers, 2004
B Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, by Barack Obama, 2004
320.409 The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama, 2006
320.973 American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips, 2006
305.5234 Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich, by Kevin Phillips, 2003
306.361 The Future of Success, by Robert B. Reich, 2001
320.973 I'll Be Short: Essentials for a Decent Working Society, by Robert B. Reich, 2002
320.51 Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America, by Robert B. Reich, 2004
330.905 The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st-Century Capitalism, by Robert B. Reich, 1991
324.2736 Why I Am a Democrat, by Theodore Sorenson, 1996
973 Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times, by Studs Terkel, 2003
331.2 Working; People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, by Studs Terkel, 1974
261.7097 God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, by Jim Wallis, 2005
324.2736 Party of the People: A History of the Democrats, by Jules Witcover, 2003
338.9 The Commanding Heights: The Battle between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, 1999
973 A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, by Howard Zinn, 1999
973.9 The Twentieth Century: A People's History, by Howard Zinn, 1998
973.072 You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times, by Howard Zinn, 1994

Democratic People

Thomas Jefferson
B Thomas Jefferson, an Intimate History, by Fawn M. Brodie, 1974
B Jefferson: A Revealing Biography, by Page Smith, 1976
Andrew Jackson
973.5 The Age of Jackson, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 1945
Woodrow Wilson
327.1 An American Conscience; Woodrow Wilson's Search for World Peace, by David Jacobs, 1973
Eleanor Roosevelt
174 You Learn By Living, by Eleanor Roosevelt, 1960
973.917 Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, edited by Allida M. Black, 1999
B Eleanor Roosevelt, by Blanche Wiesen Cook, 1992- (2 vols)
CAS B Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938, by Blanche Wiesen Cook
973.917 No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1994
B Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papers, by Joseph P. Lash, 1971
Franklin Roosevelt
330.973 On Our Way (Franklin D. Roosevelt & the Era of the New Deal), by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1934
973.917 FDR's Fireside Chats, by edited by Russell D. Buhite and David W. Levy, 1992
940.532 Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, by James MacGregor Burns, 1970
B FDR: The War President, 1940-1943: A History, by Kenneth S. Davis (many other volumes), 2000
YA B, J B Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Russell Freedman, 1990
B Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous with Destiny, by Frank Freidel, 1990
973.917 The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy, by William E. Leuchtenburg, 1995
B FDR: A Biography, by Ted Morgan, 1985
973.917 The Age of Roosevelt, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1957
B A First Class Temperament, by Geoffrey C. Ward, 1989
Harry Truman
973.918 Memoirs, by Harry Truman, 1955
B Harry S. Truman: A Life, by Robert H. Ferrell, 1994
973.918 Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism, by Alonzo L. Hamby, 1973
B Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman, by Alonzo L. Hamby, 1995
B Truman, by Roy Jenkins, 1986
B Truman, by David McCullough, 1992
B Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, by Merle Miller, 1974
B The Man from Missouri: The Life and Times of Harry S. Truman, by Alfred Steinberg, 1962
B The Man from Missouri: The Life and Times of Harry S. Truman, by Alfred Steinberg, 1962
Adlai Stevenson
341.13  Looking Outward: Years of Crisis at the United Nations, by Adlai E. Stevenson, 1963
B Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy, by Porter McKeever, 1989
973.92 Portrait – Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician, Diplomat, Friend, by Alden Whitman and the New York Times, 1965
John F. Kennedy
923 Profiles in Courage, by John F. Kennedy, 1956
B An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, by Robert Dallek, 2003
973.922 The Kennedy Reader, edited by Jay David, 1967
940.545 PT 109, John F. Kennedy in World War II, by Robert J. Donovan, 1961
973.922 Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties, by Richard N. Goodwin, 1988
973.922 President Kennedy: Profile of Power, by Richard Reeves, 1993
973.922 A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 1965
B Kennedy, by Theodore C. Sorensen, 1965
Lyndon Johnson
B The Years of Lyndon Johnson (3 volumes), by Robert A. Caro, 1982-1990
B Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President, by Robert Dallek, 2004
B Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, by Robert Dallek, 1998
B Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1976
Jimmy Carter
956.9405 Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter, 2006
320.55 Our endangered values : America's moral crisis, by Jimmy Carter, 2005
B Sharing Good Times, by Jimmy Carter, 2004
B Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President, by Jimmy Carter, 1982
B An Hour before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood, by Jimmy Carter, 2001
Bill Clinton
B My Life, by Bill Clinton, 2004 (also on cassette and CD)
324.2736 Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century, by Bill Clinton, 1996
324.23    Putting People First: How We Can All Change America, by Bill Clinton, Al Gore, 1992
973.930 The Clinton Wars, by Sidney Blumenthal, 2003
973.929 The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, by Joe Klein, 2002