Gordon Lee Weil

In the nearly 40 years since this book was published, massive changes have occurred; Sears is a shadow of its former self, and indeed, may be gone in a few years. Which renders some of the blurbs on the cover (such as Sears' sales being equal to 1% of GNP, or one of every 204 working people working for Sears) fascinating relics.

McGovern's run for the Presidency was a history changing event in many ways, and for myself was the end of idealism in politics.