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A biography of renowned U.S. congressman, Texas state legislator, labor lawyer, and political organizer Bob Eckhardt.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Eckhardts of Texas
    • 1. The German Texas Pioneers
    • 2. Bobby Eckhardt in Austin
    • 3. Student Eckhardt on the Forty Acres
  • Part II: Lawyer Eckhardt
    • 4. Eckhardt's Shingle and Pen
    • 5. Civil Rights and Labor
    • 6. Eckhardt in 1940s Texas Politics
    • 7. Brother Eckhardt Goes to Houston
    • 8. Eckhardt, the Texas Observer, and Yarborough Come of Age
  • Part III: Pygmies, Giants, and Knights at the State Capitol
    • 9. Freshman Legislator of the Year, 1959
    • 10. The Veteran Legislator
    • 11. Readying for Congress
  • Part IV: Bob Eckhardt: Americans' Second Congressman
    • 12. Inside Congress, Inside Washington
    • 13. The Veteran Congressman
    • 14. Public v. Special Interest: Environmental and Consumer Policymaking
    • 15. The Oil and Gas Wars
    • 16. The 1980 Election
    • 17. Congressman Emeritus
  • Afterword
  • Robert Christian Eckhardt: A Chronology
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2007
      ISBN13: 9780292726086, 978-0292726086
      ISBN10: 0292726082
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A biography of renowned U.S. congressman, Texas state legislator, labor lawyer, and political organizer Bob Eckhardt.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Part I: The Eckhardts of Texas
        • 1. The German Texas Pioneers
        • 2. Bobby Eckhardt in Austin
        • 3. Student Eckhardt on the Forty Acres
      • Part II: Lawyer Eckhardt
        • 4. Eckhardt's Shingle and Pen
        • 5. Civil Rights and Labor
        • 6. Eckhardt in 1940s Texas Politics
        • 7. Brother Eckhardt Goes to Houston
        • 8. Eckhardt, the Texas Observer, and Yarborough Come of Age
      • Part III: Pygmies, Giants, and Knights at the State Capitol
        • 9. Freshman Legislator of the Year, 1959
        • 10. The Veteran Legislator
        • 11. Readying for Congress
      • Part IV: Bob Eckhardt: Americans' Second Congressman
        • 12. Inside Congress, Inside Washington
        • 13. The Veteran Congressman
        • 14. Public v. Special Interest: Environmental and Consumer Policymaking
        • 15. The Oil and Gas Wars
        • 16. The 1980 Election
        • 17. Congressman Emeritus
      • Afterword
      • Robert Christian Eckhardt: A Chronology
      • Notes
      • Sources
      • Index

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