Don Carleton
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Ross Sterling, Texan
A Memoir by the Founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company
University of Texas Press
An autobiography by former Texas governor and oilman, Ross Sterling.
- Copyright year: 2007
The House Will Come To Order
How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics
University of Texas Press
The first exploration of Texas’s Speaker of the House—a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.
- Copyright year: 2010
Red Scare
Right-Wing Hysteria, Fifties Fanaticism, and Their Legacy in Texas
By Don Carleton; Introduction by John Henry Faulk
University of Texas Press
Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle be
- Copyright year: 2014
Dolph Briscoe
My Life in Texas Ranching and Politics
By Dolph Briscoe and Don Carleton
Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin
An autobiography by former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe, who, during his tenure from 1973 to 1979, played a crucial role in restoring public confidence in the integrity of state government.
- Copyright year: 2008
Being Rapoport
Capitalist with a Conscience
Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin
In his memoir, Bernard Rapoport recalls a life of hard work and a philosophy of giving that made him a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist. This updated edition includes new material compiled before Rapoport’s death in 2012.
- Copyright year: 2019
Conversations with Cronkite
By Walter Cronkite and Don Carleton
Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin
Legendary CBS Evening News anchorman Walter Cronkite looks back over a career in which he covered many of the major events of the twentieth century.
- Copyright year: 2010
Struggle for Justice
Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography
By Don Carleton
University of Texas Press
Struggle for Justice celebrates the legacy of the photographers who helped galvanize public support for the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk.
- Copyright year: 2020
The Governor and the Colonel
A Dual Biography of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby
By Don Carleton
Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin
This dual biography chronicles the lives of Will and Oveta Hobby; their impact on local, state, and national events; and how their marriage and media empire helped shape twentieth-century journalistic and political history.
- Copyright year: 2020
Texas Furniture, Volume Two
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880
University of Texas Press
With over 150 additional pieces of furniture that were not included in Volume One, color photographs, and a new introduction, Texas Furniture, Volume Two completes the definitive guide to the state’s rich heritage of locally made nineteenth-century furniture and the craftsmen who produced it.
- Copyright year: 2012
Eddie Adams
Bigger than the Frame
By Eddie Adams; Introduction by Don Carleton
University of Texas Press
This career-spanning collection of both iconic and rarely seen images celebrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Eddie Adams, whose potent visual storytelling ran the gamut from the horrors of war to the lives of the famous and powerful
- Copyright year: 2017
Bill Hobby
A Life in Journalism and Public Service
By Don Carleton and Erin L. Purdy
Briscoe Ctr for Amer History UT-Austin
A comprehensive biography of a legendary lieutenant governor.
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