A Witness to History: George H. Mahon, West Texas Congressman
(Part of the Plains Histories Series and Plains Histories Series)
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This is the story of George H. Mahon, a man who went to Congress in 1935, when the House Committee on Appropriations still allocated a small amount of money to buy military horses. Forty-four years later, when Mahon retired as Chairman of that same committee, the committee was debating funds to purchase a bomber capable of traveling at 2,000 miles an hour. With a career spanning nearly a half century--spanning almost the entire Cold War--Mahon grew...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0896729885
ISBN13:9780896729889
Release Date:June 2017
Publisher:Texas Tech University Press
Length:576 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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