Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys: Texas Politics, 1929–1932
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- Synopsis
- &“A fascinating tour of Texas state politics during the Great Depression&” from the historian and author of Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug (Keith J. Volanto, author of Texas Voices). When the venerable historian Norman D. Brown published Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug in 1984, he earned national acclaim for revealing the audacious tactics at play in Texas politics during the Roaring Twenties, detailing the effects of the Ku Klux Klan, newly enfranchised women, and Prohibition. Shortly before his death in 2015, Brown completed Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys, which picks up just as the Democratic Party was poised for a bruising fight in the 1930 primary. Charting the governorships of Dan Moody, Ross Sterling, Miriam &“Ma&” Ferguson in her second term, and James V. Allred, this engrossing sequel takes its title from the notion that Texas politicians should give voters what they want (&“When you cease to deliver the biscuits they will not be for you any longer,&” said Jim &“Pa&” Ferguson) while remaining wary of federal assistance (the dole) in a state where the economy is fueled by oil pumpjacks (nodding donkeys). Taking readers to an era when a self-serving group of Texas politicians operated in a system that was closed to anyone outside the state&’s white, wealthy echelons, Brown unearths a riveting, little-known history whose impact continues to ripple at the capitol. &“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
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 477 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781477319475
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781477319451
- Publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/23
- Copyrighted By:
- David Brown and Tracy L. Brown
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Rachel Ozanne