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Informationen zum Autor By Dave McNeely and Jim Henderson Klappentext An authoritative, highly readable biography of the most powerful and colorful lieutenant governor in Texas history, Bob Bullock. Zusammenfassung Renowned for his fierce devotion to the people of Texas - as well as his equally fierce rages and unpredictable temper - Bob Bullock was the most powerful political figure in Texas at the end of the twentieth century. This title presents a portrait of Bob Bullock, underscoring both his political adroitness and his personal demons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue. Personal PrivilegeIntroduction. "The Largest Texan"Chapter One. The Usual SuspectChapter Two. Political Baptism by Garden HoseChapter Three. In the Orbit of PowerChapter Four. With Friends Like TheseChapter Five. The Path Back to PoliticsChapter Six. "Just a Washed-Up Lobbyist"Chapter Seven. A Turning Point in HistoryChapter Eight. Spoiling for a FightChapter Nine. Busted by the SenateChapter Ten. Texas Gets a New Tax CollectorChapter Eleven. Bullock's RaidersChapter Twelve. A Bullock in a China ClosetChapter Thirteen. Whiskey, Women, Airplanes, and GunsChapter Fourteen. No More Mister Nice GuyChapter Fifteen. The Grand Jury and the FBIChapter Sixteen. Drunk School and BeyondChapter Seventeen. The Tax Man ComethChapter Eighteen. No Groundswell for "Governor" BullockChapter Nineteen. The Oil BustChapter Twenty. Eyes on the Lieutenant Governor's OfficeChapter Twenty-One. King Kong's Already in the RaceChapter Twenty-Two. I'm in Charge HereChapter Twenty-Three. Ann Richards: Friend or Enemy?Chapter Twenty-Four. Second Session Is a CharmChapter Twenty-Five. Here Will Lie Bob BullockChapter Twenty-Six. George W. Arrives on the SceneChapter Twenty-Seven. You've Got to Kiss Me FirstChapter Twenty-Eight. The Long Drum RollEpilogueNotesIndex