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092 _aWright, J.
_bF626
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aFlippen, J. Brooks,
_d1959-
_eauthor.
_9354978
245 1 0 _aSpeaker Jim Wright :
_bpower, scandal, and the birth of modern politics /
_cJ. Brooks Flippen.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018
300 _avi, 527 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aJess and Betty Jo Hay Series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [401]-511) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction. The long shadow of scandal : the forgotten legacy -- The foundations for success : family and childhood (1922/1939) -- The lessons of life : college and war (1939/1944) -- Ambition and frustration : state legislature (1944/1948) -- Preparation and payoff : businessman, mayor, and election to Congress (1948/1954) -- Learning the ropes : the new congressman (1954/1956) -- Building a record : the Eisenhower years (1956/1960) -- Challenges : the Kennedy years (1960/1963) -- Access to power : Johnson takes control (1963/1965) -- The rough path forward : years of change (1965/1968) -- Old school : a moderate in the Nixon years (1968/1972) -- Bombshell : the Watergate crisis (1972/1974) -- The ripples of Watergate : a new congress and new opportunity (1972/1976) -- The new majority leader : critical decisions in an age of partisanship (1976/1978) -- The struggle for unity : the Carter years (1978/1980) -- A challenge like none before : Reagan (1980/1982) -- Rallying the opposition : friends and enemies (1982/1986) -- On the mountaintop : Speaker of the House (1986/1989) -- In the valley : resignation and its aftermath (1987/2015) -- Epilogue. The politics of scandal and the judgment of history.
600 1 0 _aWright, Jim,
_d1922-2015.
_9354979
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse
_vBiography.
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610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse
_xSpeakers
_vBiography.
_9354980
650 0 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
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