George McGovern

Dr. George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922 in Avon, South Dakota) was a United States Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential candidate, losing the 1972 presidential election to incumbent Richard Nixon.

Further reading

• Ambrose, Stephen, The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45, Simon & Schuster, 2001.
• Hart, Gary, Right from the Start: A Chronicle of the McGovern Campaign, Quadrangle, 1973.
• Marano, Richard Michael, Vote Your Conscience: The Last Campaign of George McGovern, Praeger Publishers, 2003.
• McGovern, George S., The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition, Simon & Schuster, 2004.
• McGovern, George S., Grassroots: The Autobiography of George McGovern, Random House, 1977.
• McGovern, George S., Terry: My Daughter's Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism, Plume Books, 1997.
• McGovern, George S., The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
• McGovern, George S., A Time of War! A Time of Peace, Vintage Books, 1968.
• Thompson, Hunter S., Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72, Warner Books, 1973.
• White, Theodore H., The Making of the President 1972, Antheneum Publishers, 1973.