Allan Shivers: The Pied Piper of Texas PoliticsA piper of paradox -- It was barefooted kind of life -- The boy senator -- The senator takes a wife -- Sally Rand and W. Lee O'Daniel -- Instant war -- How to use power -- "We're fixin' to inaugurate a governor" -- "A term of my own" -- Land : it's what Texas is made up of -- Shivers' lieutenants -- Gas, gasoline and roads -- The piper plays -- Teachers' pets and more roads -- But there aren't any keys! -- The lobby takes a tax plan -- The mean one -- 1955--a "troublous" year -- Scandals -- Lame duck can still pipe -- Woodlawn -- Postgraduate work? No, thanks! -- Something to remember us by -- A Lyndon Johnson man--sometimes -- A new way of life -- The no. 1 U.S. businessman. |
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A Piper of Paradox | 1 |
It Was a Barefooted Kind of Life | 7 |
The Boy Senator | 15 |
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