Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy: Pictures of Governor W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel

by John Anderson and Bill Crawford

Long before movie stars Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger became governors of California, a popular radio personality with no previous political experience--who wasn't even registered to vote--swept into the governor's office of Texas. W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel was a 1930s businessman who discovered the power of radio to sell flour. His musical shows with the Light Crust Doughboys (which launched the career of Bob Wills) and his radio homilies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292705751
• ISBN13: 9780292705753
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.4"