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Mellen, Joan. author.
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Friends and associates.
Wallace, Mac, 1921-1971.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Political culture -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Political corruption -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Texas -- Biography.
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Faustian bargains :
Lyndon
Johnson
and Mac Wallace in the robber baron culture of Texas / Joan Mellen.
by
Mellen, Joan. author.
Subjects
Johnson
,
Lyndon
B
. (
Lyndon
Baines
),
1908-1973
--
Friends
and
associates
.
Wallace, Mac, 1921-1971.
United States. Congress. Senate
--
Biography.
Legislators
--
United States
--
Biography.
Presidents
--
United States
--
Biography.
Political culture
--
Texas
--
History
--
20th century.
Political corruption
--
Texas
--
History
--
20th century.
Texas
--
Politics and government
--
20th century.
Texas
--
Biography.
Biographies.
Publisher Info:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Description:
xxiii, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9781620408063
1620408066
9781620408087
1620408082
9781620408070
Contents:
Texans
--
A man of good character
--
"He must be a real leader"
--
Lyndon
Johnson
betrays Richard M. Kleberg and George Parr works his magic
--
Senator
Lyndon
Johnson
--
Mac Wallace goes to Washington under the auspices of
Lyndon
Johnson
--
The killing of John Douglas Kinser
--
Texas justice
--
Two Faustian bargains :little
Lyndon
and Billie Sol
--
Enter the Office of Naval Intelligence
--
Some Faustian bargains come due : the falls of Billie Sol Estes and Bobby Baker
--
Mac Wallace in California
--
President
Lyndon
Johnson
, Part I
--
President
Lyndon
Johnson
and the USS Liberty :
Lyndon
Johnson
as President, Part II
--
Downward spirals
--
Billie Sol Estes creates an urban legend
--
The fingerprint
--
Epilogue
--
Appendix: Evaluation and comparison of fingerprints.
Format Book:
Summary:
"Perhaps no president has a more ambiguous reputation than LBJ. A brilliant tactician, he maneuvered colleagues and turned bills into law better than anyone. But he was trailed by a legacy of underhanded dealings, from his 'stolen' Senate election in 1948 to kickbacks he artfully concealed from deals engineered with Texas wheeler-dealer Billie Sol Estes and defense contractors like his longtime supporter Brown & Root. On the verge of investigation,
Johnson
was reprieved when he became president upon JFK's assassination. Among the remaining mysteries has been LBJ's relationship to Mac Wallace who, in 1951, shot a Texas man having an affair with LBJ's loose-cannon sister Josefa, also Wallace's lover. When arrested, Wallace coolly said 'I work for
Johnson
... I need to get back to Washington.' Charged with murder, he was overnight defended by LBJ's powerful lawyer John Cofer, and though convicted, amazingly received a suspended sentence. He then got high-security clearance from LBJ friend and defense contractor D.H. Byrd, which the Office of Naval Intelligence tried to revoke for 11 years without success. Using crucial Life magazine and Naval Intelligence files and the unredacted FBI files on Mac Wallace, never before utilized by others, investigative writer Joan Mellen skillfully connects these two disparate Texas lives and lends stark credence to the dark side of
Lyndon
Johnson
that has largely gone unsubstantiated"
--
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