Tommy: My Journey of a Lifetime
Biography, Politics and government biography, United States history, Politics and government
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The many facets of Tommy G Thompson small-town grocer s son brash campaigner with a common touch shrewd political strategist savvy policy wonk and ebullient promoter of Wisconsin come across vividly… in these pages Thompson with journalist Doug Moe traces his journey from boyhood to politics to the world stage including his unprecedented four terms as Wisconsin governor his service as a cabinet secretary under President George W Bush and his continuing work in global efforts to fight AIDS tuberculosis and malaria Personal and revealing stories punctuate the biographical details and policy discussions Here is Tommy as a young man just happening to be on the National Mall in 1964 when Dr Martin Luther King told the nation I have a dream Here is Tommy as Wisconsin governor struggling to start a Harley-Davidson motorcycle before leading a pack of Hell s Republicans on a ride through the state Here is Tommy in Washington after the 9 11 attacks slipping out of a secure bunker in defiance of orders to aid the emergency medical response Thompson speaks candidly of his achievements and regrets including his involvement with welfare reform school choice land conservancy prisons the financing of Miller Park stem cell research and health insurance