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Author:

Tomlin, Homer Ross, author.

Title:

Homer Thornberry : Congressman, judge, and advocate for equal rights / Homer Ross Tomlin ; foreword by Jake Pickle.

Publisher:

TCU Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Thornberry, Homer,--1909-1995.
United States.--House--House--Biography.
Thornberry, Homer,--1909-1995.
United States.--House.--House.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Judges--United States--Biography.
Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Texas--Politics and government--1951-
Judges.
Legislators.
Politics and government.
Texas.
United States.
Since 1865
Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dedication -- Brought into silence (1909-1918) -- Emergence (1919-1936) -- The immortals (1936-1940) -- Fractures (1940-1948) -- Nation, state (1948-1954) -- Civil warfare (1955-1957) -- At society's margins (1958-1961) -- A good, steady job (1962-1963) -- "Storm center" (1964-1966) -- Desegregation redux (1966-1971) -- Court unpacking (1972-1980) -- Twilight (1981-1995) -- Afterword: My most unforgettable character / by Judge Homer Thornberry.

ISBN:

0875656374
9780875656373

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945693816

LCCN:

2016012858

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)