Books by Frank B. Atkinson

Charts the resurgence of Virginia's Democratic Party in the 1980s and the Republicans' efforts to turn back the gains made by Chuck Robb and Douglas Wilder. This book closes with Democratic Tim Kaine taking the governor's seat and George Allen and Mark Warner poised to enter the 2008 presidential primaries.

Tells the story of Virginia's political transformation from the Second World War to the Reagan Revolution. The cradle of American democracy - the venerable Old Dominion has emerged in the second half of the 20th century as a dynamic political pace setter for the nation.