Texas Political Memorabilia Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and Broadsides

Name: Texas Political Memorabilia Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and Broadsides
Price: 6.75 USD
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ISBN: 9780292716254

ISBN-10: 0292716257

ISBN-13: 9780292716254

Edition: 2007

Authors: Chuck Bailey, Bill Crawford, Barbara Schlief, Paul Burka

List price: $34.95

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"Through buttons and bumper stickers and the like, Bailey has found a new way to tell the history of Texas politics. . . . To peruse Bailey's collection is to realize how much the business of politics has changed. Many of the items featured here date from an era when there was no television and no polls. Candidates used them as they use the mass media today: to get their names before the public. . . . Bailey's collection . . . bring[s] Texas political history alive." Paul Burka, from the forewordTexas politicians are a lively, sometimes controversial, always entertaining breed, and the ways they have chosen to put themselves and their messages before the public are equally as interesting.…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 10.51" wide x 8.27" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 2.684

CHUCK BAILEY is a lawyer and lobbyist in Austin. He began collecting Texas political memorabilia in sixth grade and has since amassed one of the largest and most exhaustive collections of this kind. Bailey has worked in and around Texas politics throughout his career, including a stint as Executive Assistant to legendary Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock.



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The Memorabilia