The mayor : how I turned around Los Angeles after riots, an earthquake and the O.J. Simpson murder trial / Richard J. Riordan, with Patrick Range McDonald.
Elected with the campaign slogan "Tough enough to turn L.A. around," Richard J. Riordan made good on his promise to voters and returned Los Angeles to its former glory. In this thought-provoking memoir, Riordan reveals the personal tragedies and life events that informed him as a visionary leader, and how policies of empowerment and compassionate pragmatism can lead the United States into a brighter future.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781618689511
- ISBN: 1618689517
- Physical Description: xiv, 252 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Franklin, Tenn. : Post Hill Press ; 2014.
Content descriptions
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- Tough enough to turn L.A. around? -- Why I am who I am -- The great adventure -- Success, tragedy, and politics -- L.A. nears the brink -- Running to save L.A. -- Winning -- Empowering Los Angeles -- Getting things done -- Chaos before order -- Shaking up the status quo -- The reform mayor -- L.A. turns around -- "If not me, who? If not now, when?" -- Epilogue.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO RIORDAN (Text) | 36015000711123 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | B Riordan (Text) | 31111002636528 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | B Riordan R (Text) | 38344101513966 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | B Riordan R (Text) | 38344400165880 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Berea Library | 979.4 RIORDA (Text) | 42756201858237 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | B RIORDAN (Text) | 30672100331586 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| East Bend Public Library | B RIORDAN (Text) | 30667100225770 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 979.4 R (Text) | 33258007523322 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | 979.4 R (Text) | 39493107673321 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 979.4 R (Text) | 39149007178593 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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