A Witness to History - George H. Mahon, West Texas Congressman

Informationen zum Autor Janet M. Neugebauer now retired, was deputy director of the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University. Her many works include Lambshead Legacy and Plains Farmer . Klappentext Presents the story of George H. Mahon, a man who went to Congress in 1935, when the House Committee on Appropriations still allocated a small amount of money to buy military horses. Forty-four years later, when Mahon retired as Chairman of that same committee, the committee was debating funds to purchase a bomber capable of traveling at 2,000 miles an hour. Zusammenfassung Presents the story of George H. Mahon, a man who went to Congress in 1935, when the House Committee on Appropriations still allocated a small amount of money to buy military horses. Forty-four years later, when Mahon retired as Chairman of that same committee, the committee was debating funds to purchase a bomber capable of traveling at 2,000 miles an hour.

Product details

• Authors: Janet M Neugebauer, Janet M. Neugebauer, Janet M./ Hance Neugebauer
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9780896729889
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-988-9
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: Plains Histories; Plains Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education