02522nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10245755 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070111s2007 txua sb s001 0beng 2007001065 9780292716919 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292716915 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)609925524 n-us--- n-us-tx E840.8.E28 K45 2007eb 328.73092 B 22 Keith, Gary. Eckhardt [electronic resource] : there once was a congressman from Texas / Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. xv, 419 p. : ill. Focus on American history series Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-392) and index. The German Texas pioneers -- Bobby Eckhardt in Austin -- Student Eckhardt on the forty acres -- Eckhardt's shingle and pen -- Civil rights and labor -- Eckhardt in 1940s Texas politics -- Brother Eckhardt goes to Houston -- Eckhardt, the Texas observer, and Yarborough come of age -- Freshman legislator of the year, 1959 -- The veteran legislator -- Readying for Congress -- Inside Congress, inside Washington -- The veteran congressman -- Public v. special interest : environmental and consumer policymaking -- The oil and gas wars -- The 1980 election -- Congressman emeritus -- Afterword -- Robert Christian Eckhardt : a chronology. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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- Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Focus on American history series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245755 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 36084 36084