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Richard Lamm's review of Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State

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Call NumberCCW-BR-035CreatorLamm, Richard D.Date2013SummaryThis is Gov. Richard D. Lamm's review of Colorado Politics and Policy: Governing a Purple State, by Thomas E. Cronin and Robert D. Loevy. Richard Douglas Lamm was born in Madison Wisconsin on August 3 1935. Lamm grew up in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Educated as an attorney and an accountant he moved to Colorado in the early 1960s serving in the legislature from 1966 to 1974 as a Democrat. He supported no-fault insurance decriminalization of certain abortions zero population growth and protection of the environment. He led the successful fight to defeat the proposal to hold the 1976 Winter Olympics in Colorado. In 1974 he won the governor's office and served for three terms (1975-1987). Governor Lamm is the author of various books including Pioneers and Politicians: Colorado's Governors in Profile (with Duane A. Smith).Physical Description2 pages : color illustrationBorn-Digital or AnalogBorn-digitalSubjectColorado--Politics and government--1951-Geographic AreaColoradoCollectionDr. Colorado's Colorado Book ReviewType of MaterialBook reviewsDigital Version Created FromDigital publication compiled entirely from original material submitted by the Center for Colorado StudiesOriginal Material Found in CollectionColorado Book ReviewNotesPublication information for book being described: Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. 420 pages. Maps charts index notes selected bibliography. 6 x 9 in. $40.00 paperback.PublisherCenter for Colorado StudiesLanguageeng

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