This is the first comprehensive biography of Willie Brown, one of California's most enduring and controversial politicians. Audacious, driven, talented Brown has dominated California politics longer and more completely than any other public figure. James Richardson, a senior writer for The Sacramento Bee, takes us from Brown's childhood, through his years as Speaker of the State Assembly, to his election as San Francisco's mayor. Along the way we get a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of three decades of California politics.
- ISBN10 0585249857
- ISBN13 9780585249858
- Publish Date December 1997 (first published 10 November 1996)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition [Pbk. e.
- Format eBook
- Language English