Thunder from the Prairie - The Life of Harold E. Hughes

Explores the life of Harold E. Hughes: a man of working-class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become Iowa governor (1963-1969) and US Senator (1969-1974). The work fills major gaps in the history of Iowa and Midwestern political history, as well as the history of the ‘Long Sixties’ (from the late 1950s to the early 1970s).