Picturing Texas Politics - A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry (Hardcover)

With rare, previously unpublished photographs and iconic images of politicians from the state's founders to Ann Richards, George W. Bush, and Rick Perry, here is the first-ever photographic album of Texas politicians and political campaigns. The Republic of Texas was founded in 1839, around the time that photography was being invented. So while there were no photographers at the Alamo or San Jacinto, they arrived soon after to immortalize, on film, Sam Houston, David Burnett, Mirabeau Lamar, and many other founding fathers of the Lone Star State. Over the following nearly two centuries, Texas politics and politicians have provided reliable, often dramatic, and sometimes larger-than-life subjects for photographers to capture in the moment and add to the historical record. Picturing Texas Politics presents the first photographic album of Texas politicians and political campaigns ever assembled. Chuck Bailey has searched archives, museums, libraries, and private collections to find photographs that have never been published, as well as iconic images, such as Russell Lee's pictures of one of Ralph Yarborough's campaigns. These photographs are arranged into four chronological sections, each one introduced by historian Patrick Cox, who also provides informative photo captions. The photographs display power and political savvy from the early Republic to Lyndon Johnson and Bob Bullock; unmatched dedication to Texas in the Hobby and Bush families; and the growing influence of women in politics, from Miriam "Ma" Ferguson to Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. With Sam Houston's jaguar vest, W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel's hillbilly band, a famous governor with an ostrich, and prominent Texans eating watermelons, shooting guns, and riding horses, this is Texas politics at its liveliest and best.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Focus on American History Series
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Chuck Bailey • Patrick L. Cox
Introduction by:	John Anderson
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket / With dust jacket
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-0254-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4773-0254-9
Barcode:	9781477302545

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