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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 Lees pictures of one of Ralph Yarboroughs 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 Houstons jaguar vest, W. Lee Pappy ODaniels 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.
ISBN | 9781477302545 |
Genre | PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 230 |
Publisher Date | 2015-10-01 00:00:00.0 |
Publisher | Univ of Texas Pr |
Copyright Year | 2015 |
Height | 11.0 in |
Wdth | 8.5 in |
Thickness | 0.75 in |
Unit weight | 2.3 lb |
Language | English |
Subtitle | A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry |
Series Name | Focus on American History |
Audience | College/higher education |
Authors | Bailey, Chuck |
Country of Origin | United States |
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