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Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way
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In this catalog, Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way by Mary Thom ; Suzanne Levine lands as a history-facing title that likely values context and perspective. Stored edition details show 2007 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 320 pages, which helps set expectations for scope and pacing.
Edition on file: 2007 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 320 pages • ISBN 9780374299521.
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Balanced commitment. Enough room to develop without feeling like a marathon.
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Best approached in a couple of steady sittings rather than in constant tiny fragments.
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