Eckhardt : there once was a congressman from Texas / Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keith, Gary.

Series:

Focus on American history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eckhardt, Bob.

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Political parties.

History.

Liberalism.

Political activists.

Labor lawyers.

United States.

Texas.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

Legislators--Texas--Biography.

Labor lawyers--Texas--Biography.

Political activists--Texas--Biography.

Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Politics and government.

Texas--Politics and government--1951-.

Liberalism--Texas--History--20th century.

Political parties--Texas--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

Contents:

The German Texas pioneers

Bobby Eckhardt in Austin

Student Eckhardt on the forty acres

Eckhardt's shingle and pen

Civil rights and labor

Eckhardt in 1940s Texas politics

Brother Eckhardt goes to Houston

Eckhardt, the Texas observer, and Yarborough come of age

Freshman legislator of the year, 1959

The veteran legislator

Readying for Congress

Inside Congress, inside Washington

The veteran congressman

Public v. special interest : environmental and consumer policymaking

The oil and gas wars

The 1980 election

Congressman emeritus

Afterword

Robert Christian Eckhardt : a chronology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-392) and index.

ISBN:

9780292716919

0292716915

OCLC:

79256709