This iS the tale of a man who has 1ived<br > longmade historyand compromised<br > nothingClaude PepperS life story be<br > gins in a rural Alabama farmhouse and<br > proceeds along the corridors of world<br > powerIt begins in the year 1900 and<br > nearly spans the twentieth century<br > Pepper iS surely one of the most dramatic<br > political chronicles of our timeA plow<br > boy daydreams of becoming a United<br > States SenatorThe youngster goes on to<br > block hatsshovel coalwork his way<br > through Harvardand win that dream<br > We see Franklin DRoosevelt single Pep<br > per out as his fairhaired boyWith Pep<br > perwe enter the inner sanctums of Adolf<br > Hitler and Ioseph StalinWe meet presi<br > dents and spar with political adversaries<br > We see the birth of LendLeasewhich<br > saves England in Worid War IIit is Pep<br > perS concept and PepperS billFor his<br > ardent liberalismhe iS hounded by<br > McCarthvites and driven from office<br > Only to rise againHe fights racism<br > builds the New Dealinstitutes Medicare<br > saves Social Securityand outlaws man<br > datory retirementIn the processhe be<br > comes a superb storytelleras this book<br > SO engagingly confirms<br >
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