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Barn burning barn building : tales of a political life, from LBJ through George W. Bush and beyond / by Ben Barnes with Lisa Dickey.
Van Pelt Library F391.4.B37 A3 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Ben F., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barnes, Ben F., 1938-.
- Barnes, Ben F.
- Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
- Legislators--Texas--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives--Speakers--Biography.
- Texas.
- Texas--Politics and government--1951-.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, Tex. : Bright Sky Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- How did the Democratic Party--the party of JFK, LBJ, and civil rights--fall from glory? How did Texas, home of its most promising players, become Bush territory? What must politicians on either side to today to strengthen our country and secure its safe and productive future? Ben Barnes has the answers. Barnes had a front-row seat through it all. His political savvy and bravado made him a standout in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics. He won a seat in the Texas Legislature in 1960, at the unheard-of age of 22, and four years later became the youngest Speaker of the House since the Civil War. In 1968, he helped Congressman George Herbert Walker Bush get his son into the National Guard--a controversy that would rage during the 2004 presidential election. In 1970, Lyndon Johnson told the public that Ben was destined to be the next US president to hail from Texas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1931721718
- OCLC:
- 63705902
- Publisher Number:
- 9781931721714
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