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Texas Political Memorabilia : Buttons, Bumper Stickers, and Broadsides by Chuck Bailey; Bill Crawford; Paul Burka; Barbara Schlief is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Texas politicians are a lively, sometimes controversial, always entertaining breed, and the ways they have chosen to put themselves and their messages before the public are equally as interesting. Anything and everything that can be printed with a candidate's name, image, and slogan—from buttons and bumper stickers to chewing gum, pocket knives, and plastic pickles—is likely to turn up in a Texas political campaign. Though many consider these items ephemeral, collectors value political memorabilia as a fascinating "sound bite" record of the candidates and issues that engaged the voting public over decades. Texas Political Memorabilia presents just such a pictorial history of Texas politics, the first ever compiled. Drawn from the vast personal collection of Chuck Bailey and augmented with items from other private and public collections, this book presents the most exceptional, most memorable, and most informative examples of Texas political memorabilia. The featured items cover everything from the presidential campaigns of Lyndon Johnson and both George Bushes, to U.S. House and Senate elections, to statewide races for governor and the Texas House and Senate, to county and city e

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Author

Chuck Bailey; Bill Crawford; Paul Burka; Barbara Schlief

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292716254

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Art