Title: How things really work : lessons from a life in politics /
Authors: Hobby, Bill, 1932-; Tiede, Saralee.
Publisher: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Hobby, Bill,; Lieutenant governors Texas Biography.; Texas Politics and government
Contents: Ancestors -- Will Hobby -- Oveta Culp Hobby -- School days -- In the Navy -- Remembering LBJ -- Newspaper days -- Running for Lieutenant Governor and other political stories -- How the Texas Senate works -- The Constitution of 1876 : still standing despite my best efforts -- Kinder, gentler days -- Artesia Hall -- Déjà vu all over again -- No pass, no play -- The capitol makeover -- From third world to world power : a state in transition -- The privatization of public higher education -- Boom and bust -- The dreaded two-thirds rule and the killer bees -- Family feuds -- Texas prisons and the war on drugs -- The poor we always have with us -- The legislative redistricting board -- Ten years in academia -- The Commission on a Representative Student Body -- The census -- The National Rifle Association -- The Hobby-Eberly telescope -- Hobby for president -- Just vote for no -- Parting thoughts.