Book Launch:
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Time: 6 p.m. (doors open 5:30 p.m.)
Location: Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 N. Carrol St., Madison, WI 53703, on the capitol square. Note: The book talk is free and open to the public; it will be followed by celebratory cake and a book signing.
The biography releases officially on March 18, and is available in hardcover from Amazon and other retailers. See more info below.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Golden Fleece Awards were regular national news items generated by six-term Wisconsin U.S. Senator William Proxmire. This month, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press publishes the first comprehensive biography of the Illinois native turned popular Wisconsin politician, Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate (ISBN: 978-0-87020-908-6, Hardcover: $28.95), by Jonathan Kasparek.
Proxmire began his long national political career as the thrice-failed Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate who won a special 1957 election to replace controversial U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Known for championing farmer and consumer protection legislation, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and for fighting government waste --including his regular presentations of the "Golden Fleece Awards" -- the entertaining Wisconsin politician is remembered by many Wisconsinites as a friendly, hand-shaking figure at events and fairs and as a politician who spent little on his own campaigns and who voted his conscience.
Find Proxmire: Bulldog of the Senate at your favorite book retailer or online at www.wisconsinhistory.org/shop. It's also available as an e-book through a favorite e-book vendor.
EARLY PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
"This book is a masterful look at what made Proxmire tick and explains why, years after his death, he's still a true Wisconsin political legend." Dave Zweifel, Editor Emeritus, The Capital Times
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jonathan Kasparek is a history professor at UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha and the author of several books and articles on Wisconsin history, including the award-winning Society Press biography of Philip La Follette, Fighting Son.
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