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Book SynopsisIn his deeply researched sequel to Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug, a master storyteller of Texas politics brings to life pivotal moments of backroom wrangling, economic crashes, and aftershocks still felt nearly a century later.
Trade Review[
Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys] deserves a place on the scholar's shelf…Ozanne deserves great credit for bringing Brown's last work to light. * Journal of Southern History *
A well-researched and documented look at the complex characters and the divisive state of Texas politics from 1929 to 1932...
Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys is extensively researched and includes complete footnotes. The narratives are rich and detailed; no Texas political operatives of the day are omitted. Anyone who is interested in Texas politics, or is studying and researching it, should read this book. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *
[
Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys] is rich in personal detail, and general audiences and aficionados of Texana will enjoy the colorful portraits of James and Miriam Ferguson, Ross Sterling, Tom Love, John Nance Garner, and others. * History: Reviews of New Books *
Brown draws on an impressively diverse set of primary sources to deliver a very detailed blow-by-blow account of Texas politics during the early Depression...Brown succeeds in describing just how many different voices were at play within the Democratic Party in Texas. Political parties have rarely been monolithic, and the book is an important reminder that we would do well to reimagine political groups as more factional and varied and less cohesive than we often may. * Western Historical Quarterly *
Norman Brown (1935–2015) adopted Texas first as his home and then as a cornerstone of his own research. The posthumous publication of
Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys ensures that we can further profit from his labors...The book's able editor Rachel Ozanne merits our gratitude. Ozanne’s historiographical touch is evident in her introductory chapter. That chapter situates Brown’s evidence and insights, when and how they can fit, next to newer scholarship that brings a wider array of actors, political cultures, and even different time frames into the conversations that scholars have about the political history of Texas. * Pacific Historical Review *
Table of Contents
- Foreword. Dr. Norman D. Brown: An Appreciation, by Jacqueline Jones
- Editor’s Introduction, by Rachel Ozanne
- Chapter 1. Tom Cat Lands on His Feet
- Chapter 2. Daniel in the Legislative Lions’ Den
- Chapter 3. A Sterling Victory
- Chapter 4. The Sterling Years
- Chapter 5. Texas Again Tangled in Ma’s Apron Strings
- Chapter 6. Garnering Votes for Cactus Jack
- Chapter 7. Roosevelt and Garner
- Chapter 8. The Politics of Relief and Repeal
- Epilogue. “Pass the Biscuits, Pappy!”
- Notes
- Index
