Patrick L. Cox

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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
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Ralph W. Yarborough, the People's Senator

By Patrick L. Cox; Introduction by Edward M. Kennedy
University of Texas Press

The first in-depth biography of a Texas senator.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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The First Texas News Barons

University of Texas Press

A fascinating look at how newspaper publishers including A. H. Belo and George B. Dealey (Dallas Morning News), William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby (Houston Post), Jesse H. Jones (Houston Chronicle), and Amon G. Carter Sr. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) pla

  • Copyright year: 2005
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Writing the Story of Texas

University of Texas Press

Luminaries in Texas history pay tribute to an all-star cast of thirteen historians—from J. Frank Dobie to Américo Paredes—who preserved Texas’s past, and who were often as colorful as the historical figures they studied.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Picturing Texas Politics

A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry

By Chuck Bailey and Patrick L. Cox; Introduction by John Anderson
University of Texas Press

With rare, previously unpublished photographs and iconic images of politicians from the state’s founders to Ann Richards, George W. Bush, and Rick Perry, here is the first-ever photographic album of Texas politicians and political campaigns.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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