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Author Hauser, Tom

Title Inside the ropes with Jesse Ventura / Tom Hauser
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 427 pages)
Contents 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 -- 9. "I'm proud I'm a wrestler" : the Body's new Chyna policy -- 10. "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
Summary Tom Hauser offers the only detailed account of former pro-wrestler Jesse Venturas campaign, election, and time in office as governor of Minnesota
Notes Includes index
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Subject Ventura, Jesse
SUBJECT Ventura, Jesse fast
Subject Governors -- Minnesota -- Biography
HISTORY -- State & Local.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Governors
Politics and government
SUBJECT Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085773
Subject Minnesota
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816695041
0816695040