Eckhardt
Subtitle: there once was a congressman from Texas
By: Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Focus on American history series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292716919
Subjects: Eckhardt, Bob; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- Texas -- Biography; Labor lawyers -- Texas -- Biography; Political activists -- Texas -- Biography; Liberalism -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Political parties -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The German Texas pioneers; title: Bobby Eckhardt in Austin; title: Student Eckhardt on the forty acres; title: Eckhardt's shingle and pen; title: Rights and labor; title: Eckhardt in 1940s Texas politics; title: Brother Eckhardt goes to Houston; title: Eckhardt, the Texas observer, and Yarborough come of age; title: Freshman legislator of the year, 1959; title: The veteran legislator; title: Readying for Congress; title: Inside Congress, inside Washington; title: The veteran congressman; title: Public v. special interest : environmental and consumer policymaking; title: The oil and gas wars; title: The 1980 election; title: Congressman emeritus; title: Afterword; title: Robert Christian Eckhardt : a chronology.