USA/From Where We Stand (book)

Infobox Book
name = USA/From Where We Stand
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image_caption = Book cover
author = Leo Ryan, editor
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = American history
genre = non-fiction
publisher = Fearon Publishers, Lear Siegler, Inc., Education Division. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-116372.
release_date = 1970
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 237
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preceded_by = Understanding California Government and Politics
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"USA/From Where We Stand: Readings in Contemporary American Problems" is a non-fiction book published by Fearon Publishers in 1970.

The book's editor was then-Assemblyman for California's 27th District, Leo J. Ryan.cite news | last = Simon
first = Mark | coauthors = | title = A Trip Into The Heart Of Darkness: Always larger than life, Leo Ryan courted danger. | work = San Francisco Chronicle | pages = A17 | language = English | publisher = | date = December 10, 1998 | url = | accessdate = ] Ryan later went on to become a United States Representative from California's 11th congressional district.cite web | last = United States Congress | first = | authorlink = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | coauthors = | title = RYAN, Leo Joseph, (1925 - 1978) | work = | publisher = United States Congress | date = | url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000558 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-01-24 ] Ryan was assassinated by members of Peoples Temple in Guyana. He was the first and only Congressman to die in the line of duty, and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983. [cite press release | title = Statement on Signing the Bill Authorizing a Congressional Gold Medal Honoring the Late Representative Leo J. Ryan | publisher = President Ronald Reagan | date = November 18, 1983 | url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=40789 | accessdate = 2007-01-24 ] [cite news | last = Trescott | first = Jacqueline | coauthors = | title = Leo Ryan honored. (with Medal of Honor) | work = The Washington Post | pages = v107 pC4 col 5 (10 col in) | language = English | publisher = | date = November 30, 1984 | url = | accessdate = ] [cite news | last = Staff | first = | coauthors = | title = Reagan to give medal for slain congressman. (Leo J. Ryan) | work = The New York Times | pages = pA25(L) col 2 (4 col in) | language = English | publisher = | date = November 27, 1984 | url = | accessdate = ] [cite press release | title = Congressman Tom Lantos' Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the Tragedy at Jonestown and the Death of Congressman Leo Ryan | publisher = Tom Lantos | date = 2003-11-17 | url = http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Newsroom/Press+Releases/2003/11-17-03+Congressman+Tom+Lantos+Remarks+on+the+25th+Anniversary+of+the+Tragedy+at+Jonestown+and+the.htm | accessdate = 2006-09-08 ]

Notable contributors

Notable contributors to "USA/From Where We Stand" include (in order of appearance in the book) :
*Leo J. Ryan, "From Where We Stand"
*Jesse M. Unruh, "Effective Local Government"
*Robert Theobald, "A Fail-Safe Line for Dissent"
*Stewart Alsop, "Virus X and the Body Politic"
*Robert Hessen, "Campus or Battleground?"
*Margaret Mead, "We Must Learn To See What's Really New"
*James H. Billington, "The Humanistic Heartbeat Has Failed"
*Robert F. Kennedy, "Now We Must Learn to Speak to Each Other"
*Robert Sherrill, "The Jet Noise Is Getting Awful"
*Rachel Carson, "And No Birds Sing"
*Joseph Wood Krutch, "What the Year 2000 Won't Be Like"

References

ee also

*Congressman Leo J. Ryan
*Leo J. Ryan Memorial Park
*Leo J. Ryan Award