Boss Rule in South Texas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boss Rule in South Texas write by Evan Anders. This book was released on 2013-11-18. Boss Rule in South Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Four men played leading roles in the political drama that unfolded in South Texas during the first decades of this century: James B. Wells, who ruled as boss of Cameron County and served as leading conservative spokesman of the Democratic Party in Texas; Archer (Archie) Parr, whose ruthless tactics and misuse of public funds in Duval County established him as one of the most notoriously corrupt politicians in Texas history; Manuel Guerra, Mexican American rancher and merchant whose domination of Starr County mirrored the rule of his Anglo counterparts in the border region; John Nance Garner, who served the interests of these bosses of South Texas as he set forth on the road that would lead him to the United States vice-presidency. Evan Anders's Boss Rule in South Texas tells the story of these men and the county rings they shaped in South Texas during the Progressive Era. Power was the byword of the bosses of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and Anders explores the sources of that power. These politicos did not shirk from using corrupt and even violent means to attain their goals, but Anders demonstrates that their keen sensitivity to the needs of their diverse constituency was key to their long-term success. Patronage and other political services were their lifeblood, and the allies gained by these ranged from developers and businessmen to ranchers and Mexican Americans, wealthy and poor. Besides examining the workings of the Democratic machines of four South Texas counties, Anders explores the role of the Hispanic populace in shaping the politics of the border region, the economic development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and its political repercussions, the emergence and nature of progressive movements at both local and state levels, and the part played by the Texas Rangers in supporting bossism in South Texas.
Texas Mutiny
Texas Mutiny - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Texas Mutiny write by Sheila Allee. This book was released on 2003-08-01. Texas Mutiny available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The seemingly endless plains of South Texas weren't vast enough to contain both Jake Floyd and George Parr. Destiny drew the reserved lawyer and the blustery power monger to the same political arena: tragedy bound them inextricably together to the bitter end.
Border Boss
Border Boss - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Border Boss write by J. Gilberto Quezada. This book was released on 2001-05. Border Boss available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On January 1, 1937, Manuel B. Bravo was sworn in as county judge of Zapata County, a post he would hold for twenty years. In Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County, J. Gilberto Quezada delineates Bravo’s political career in the Democratic Party and examines his role in some of the important issues of his day, especially Falcon Dam. During Bravo’s years in office, he worked and corresponded with many Texas and national politicians, including James Allred, Lloyd Bentsen, Kika de la Garza, Ralph Yarborough, and, most prominently, Lyndon Johnson. The association between Bravo and Johnson began with the special Senate election of 1941 and is reflected in the more than fifty letters between the two in Bravo's personal papers. In Johnson's 1948 Senate runoff against Coke Stevenson, voting irregularities were alleged in Zapata County when the election returns from Precinct No. 3 were reported missing. Quezada analyzes the Bravo papers for any evidence that Bravo and Johnson had arranged the disappearance and offers possible alternative explanations. From the 1930s to the 1950s Zapata County was one of six South Texas counties where the Tejano majority dominated local politics and held most public offices. Bravo became known as one of the "Mexican bosses" of South Texas, but Quezada draws a more nuanced picture of bossism than has been presented previously, analyzing the role of influential leading families but looking as well at the degree of economic integration into the state and nation as factors in how bossism developed. Those interested in Mexican-American studies and politics and bossism in South Texas will appreciate the window onto South Texas politics and Tejano culture this biography gives.
Caesar Kleberg and the King Ranch
Caesar Kleberg and the King Ranch - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Caesar Kleberg and the King Ranch write by Duane M. Leach. This book was released on 2017-01-20. Caesar Kleberg and the King Ranch available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this tribute to a pioneer conservationist, Duane M. Leach celebrates the life of an exceptional ranch manager on a legendary Texas ranch, a visionary for wildlife and modern ranch management, and an extraordinarily dedicated and generous man. Caesar Kleberg went to work on the King Ranch in 1900. For almost thirty years he oversaw the operations of the sprawling Norias division, a vast acreage in South Texas where he came to appreciate the importance of rangeland not only for cattle but also for wildlife. Creating a wildlife management and conservation initiative far ahead of its time, Kleberg established strict hunting rules and a program of enlightened habitat restoration. Because of his efforts and foresight, by his death in 1946 there were more white-tailed deer, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, javelinas, and mourning dove on the King Ranch than in the rest of the state. Kleberg’s legacy lives on at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville, where a research program he helped found has gained recognition far beyond the pastures of Norias.
The Fall of the Duke of Duval
The Fall of the Duke of Duval - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fall of the Duke of Duval write by John E. Clark. This book was released on 1999. The Fall of the Duke of Duval available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Documents the end of the corrupt political empire of George Parr in Duval County, South Texas.
