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A witness to history : George H. Mahon, West Texas congressman / Janet M. Neugebauer ; foreword by Kent Hance.

Title
A witness to history : George H. Mahon, West Texas congressman / Janet M. Neugebauer ; foreword by Kent Hance.
Author
Neugebauer, Janet M., 1935-
Publication
Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors
Hance, Kent Ronald, 1942-
Description
xxiii, 576 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 cm.
Summary
"The story of George H. Mahon, member of the US House of Representatives from 1935-1978 for the Nineteenth Congressional District of Texas. He worked on the House Committee on Appropriations during his tenure"--
Series Statement
Plains histories
Uniform Title
Plains histories
Subject
  • Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985
  • Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985
  • United States. Congress. House > Biography
  • United States. Congress. House
  • 1933-1989
  • Legislators > United States > Biography
  • Legislators
  • Politics and government
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
  • United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
  • Lubbock (Tex.) > Biography
  • Texas > Lubbock
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The early years, 1900-1934 -- The plebe, 1935-1938 -- The world on fire, 1939-1945 -- A battered world rebuilds, 1946-1952 -- Security with solvency, 1953-1960 -- High expectations, 1961-1963 -- The limits of power, 1964-1968 -- The abuse of power, 1969-1973 -- Transitions, 1974-1978.
ISBN
  • 9780896729889
  • 0896729885
LCCN
^^2016048474
OCLC
  • 954541553
  • SCSB-11030109
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library