J. Brooks Flippen is a professor of history at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. His previous books are Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right, Conservative Conservationist: Russell E. Train and the Emergence of American Environmentalism, and Nixon and the Environment.
Flippen draws on Wright's memoirs, diaries, and papers; copious
library and newspaper archives; and interviews (including
conversations with Wright) to offer a definitive, richly detailed
biography . . . An engrossing history that sheds light on our own
fractious times.
*Kirkus*
Flippen offers an exhaustive biography that reveals Wright as a
Texas go-getter in the mold of mentor President Lyndon B. Johnson.
. . The detailed analyses of Wright’s legislative actions will
likely make this the authoritative account of his political
life.
*Library Journal*
A vivid and compelling portrait of a grass-roots politician who
ascended into the hallowed halls of our nation’s capital and made
his mark on practically every major public policy issue in the late
20th century.
*San Antonio Express-News*
Extensively researched and well written…Flippen provides his
readers with an excellent political biography, a work that will
serve as the authoritative voice on Wright's career for many years
to come."
*Central Texas Studies*
A very scrupulous 'warts and all' account of the life of Jim Wright
and his short-lived and problematic time as Speaker of the House…a
good read in addition to representing strong scholarship.
*Congress & The Presidency*
Clearly written and provides a helpful account of Wright's rise in
national politics…historians of twentieth-century Texas will want
to read this book.
*Southwestern Historical Quarterly*
A detailed, thoroughly researched account of a lost political
species: the moderate southern Democrat.
*Journal of Southern History*
[An] engaging treatment of Wright's life and career…Flippen makes a
convincing case that Wright deserves a place in the ranks of Texas
political giants.
*Texas Books in Review*
Much-needed…this book offers a definitive political biography of
Wright while also illuminating the multifaceted and complex
structure of Congress and the individuals who serve in it.
*Western Historical Quarterly*
Everyone interested in the power structure of Congress and late
twentieth-century public policy issues should fine a place for
Speaker Jim Wright on their bookshelf.
*Journal of American History*
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