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Les AuCoin – CANCELLED

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

This event has been cancelled due to illness. We hope to reschedule it in 2020. Stay tuned. Former US Congressman Les AuCoin joins us to read from his memoir, Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics. In 1974, at the age of thirty-two, Les AuCoin became the first Democrat to win a US House seat in Oregon’s First District. He was one of the post-Watergate reformers who shook up an insular, autocratic Congress and led fights for affordable housing, “trickle-up” economics, wilderness protection, abortion rights, and nuclear arms control. In the 1980s, the Oregonian called him “the most powerful congressman in Oregon.” In this compelling collection of life stories, AuCoin traces his unlikely rise from a fatherless childhood in Central Oregon to the top…

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Les AuCoin

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

In 1974, at the age of 32, Les AuCoin became the first Democrat to win a U.S. House seat in Oregon’s First District. He was one of the post-Watergate reformers who shook up an insular, autocratic Congress and led fights for affordable housing, “trickle-up” economics, wilderness protection, abortion rights, and nuclear arms control. In the 1980s, The Oregonian called him “the most powerful congressman in Oregon.” In his compelling collection of life stories, Catch and Release (Oregon State University), AuCoin traces his unlikely rise from a fatherless childhood in Central Oregon to the top ranks of national power. Catch and Release offers readers a revealing glimpse behind the scenes of congressional life, as lived by the 535 souls who inhabit the U.S. House and Senate…

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Les AuCoin

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Former US Congressman Les AuCoin joins us at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 10th, to read from his memoir, Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics, published by Oregon State University Press. In 1974, at the age of thirty-two, Les AuCoin became the first Democrat to win a US House seat in Oregon’s First District. He was one of the post-Watergate reformers who shook up an insular, autocratic Congress and led fights for affordable housing, “trickle-up” economics, wilderness protection, abortion rights, and nuclear arms control. In the 1980s, the Oregonian called him “the most powerful congressman in Oregon.” In this compelling collection of life stories, AuCoin traces his unlikely rise from a fatherless childhood in Central Oregon to the top ranks of national power.…

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