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02974aam a22004698i 4500 001 E4B79A58370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170815s2018 txua b s001 0beng c 010 $a 2017037707 020 $a 1477315144 020 $a 9781477315149 035 $a (OCoLC)1002419108 040 $a TxU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c IXA $d DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d IKM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E840.8.W75 $b F55 2018 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 086 $a Z UA380.8 F648sp $2 txdocs 100 1 $a Flippen, J. Brooks, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Speaker Jim Wright : $b power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics / $c J. Brooks Flippen. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1805 264 1 $a Austin : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2018. 300 $a vi, 527 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-511) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. 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 10 $a Wright, Jim, $d 1922-2015. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $x Speakers $v Biography. 600 17 $a Wright, Jim, $d 1922-2015. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00009482 610 17 $a United States. $b House. $b House. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536930 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Orators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01047212 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020023346.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191204012640.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4B79A58370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search