A Witness to History: George H. Mahon, West Texas Congressman

by Janet M Neugebauer and Janet M. Neugebauer

Book Overview

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"