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Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ to George W. Bush and...
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Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life, From LBJ to George W. Bush and...
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by Ben Barnes and Lisa Dickey
Sales Rank : 585597
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Hardcover: 250 pages
Publisher: Bright Sky Press May 8, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1931721718
ISBN-13: 978-1931721714
Product Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
"A must read for current conversation" and "a rollicking read" -- Houston Chronicle
"Barnes is an American before he is Democrat, and he shares my concern about the current state of the nation." -- Philadelphia Daily News
"I couldn't put it down!" -- FOX News Hannity & Colmes, May 10, 2006
"Make sure you get yourself a copythe book is great." -- NPR
"Once-Tall Figure in the Rugged World of Texas Politics Is Back in The Saddle" -- New York Times
"The Texas political phenom" -- Washington Post
"Well worth the read." -- Michael Grace, National Editor AIL/NILICO Labor Letter
"[Barnes] has amassed a wealth of experience and wisdom that his party should be listening to this election year." -- Wichita Eagle
"[the book] reminds us of a time when government and politicians believed in more than their own self-aggrandizement." -- Mark Schannon on Blogcritics.org
"the book . . . provides a fascinating window into a bygone Democratic era." -- Dallas Morning News
Product Description
How did the Democratic Party—of JFK, LBJ, and civil rights—fall from glory? How did Texas, home of its most promising players, become Bush territory? What do politicians on either side need to do today to get our country back on track? Ben Barnes has the answers. Barnes had a front-row seat through it all. His political savvy and bravado made him a standout in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics. He won a seat in the Texas Legislature in 1960, at the unheard-of age of 22, and four years later he became the youngest Speaker of the House since the Civil War. In 1968, he helped Congressman George Herbert Walker Bush get his son into the National Guard—a controversy that would rage during the 2004 presidential election. In 1970, Lyndon Johnson told the public that Ben was destined to be the next US president to hail from Texas. Barnes’s rollicking memoir recalls the glory days of his Texas past and blazes a trail for our country’s future.
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