Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 427 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0816641870
Content:
Tom Hauser offers the only detailed account of former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura's campaign, election, and time in office as governor of Minnesota
Note:
Includes index
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. "We Shocked the World": Jesse Ventura's Unlikely Path to the Governor's Mansion; 2. "I Can Kick Your Ass!": The Quotable Ventura Becomes a Media Sensation; 3. "Hooyah!": Governor Ventura Takes the Oath; 4. "Oh, Am I in Trouble Now!": Taking on Single Mothers and Drunken Irishmen; 5. "We Can't Legislate against Every Stupid Thing": Ventura's Vision for Minnesota; 6. "A Trick and Ten Dollars": Jesse's Book Tells All; 7. "I Don't Have to Do Anything, I'm a Governor": Ventura's Talk-Radio Comeback; 8. "A Ritual Political Suicide": Shocking the World Again
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9. "I'm Proud I'm a Wrestler": The Body's New Chyna Policy10. "Organized Religion Is a Sham": Playboy!; 11. "You Have Brought Shame . . .": No Apologies; 12. "Blatant Political Garbage": The Reform Party Implodes While the Governor Stands Alone; 13. "10,000 Lakes and One Goofy Governor": From The Young and the Restless to the Lincoln Bedroom; 14. "This Governor Is Out of Bounds": Moonlighting with the XFL; 15. September 11, 2001: Minnesota's Commander-in-Chief Wages War on the Media; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816641871
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Inside the Ropes with Jesse Ventura
Language:
English
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