About this item
There was a time when Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain and midwestern states were as likely to elect a liberal Democrat to Congress as they were a conservative Republican. Gale McGee (1915-92) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1958, at the height of American liberalism. He typified what Teddy Roosevelt called "the man in the arena" and was a major player in the development of America's post-World War II foreign policy and almost every legislative milestone in U.S. history from the 1950s to 1980. McGee's careers as an academic, a senator, and an ambassador spanned World War II, the Red Scare, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the activist Congress of the 1960s. This elegantly conceived biography of a liberal from the conservative rural state of Wyoming offers readers a glimpse into formative political shifts of the twentieth century.
About the Author
Rodger McDaniel is a former Wyoming legislator (1971-1981) . He was the Democratic Party nominee for the United State Senate in 1982. Rodger received a law degree from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Divinity degree from the Iliff School of Theology. He was the director of Habitat for Humanity operations in Nicaragua in 1991-1992. Rodger is the pastor at Highlands Presbyterian Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming where he lives with his wife Patricia.
