LEADER 04575nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910777694003321 005 20230617010309.0 010 $a0-292-79732-X 024 7 $a10.7560/705753 035 $a(CKB)1000000000454129 035 $a(EBL)3571687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222718 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11910886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222718 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10176944 035 $a(PQKB)10769630 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188342 035 $a(OCoLC)648315041 035 $a(DE-B1597)586496 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797321 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000454129 100 $a20031128d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlease pass the biscuits, Pappy$b[electronic resource] $epictures of Governor W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel /$fBill Crawford ; introduction by John Anderson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 225 1 $aClifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ;$vno. 8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-70575-1 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Governor W. Lee O?Daniel and the Texas Department of Public Safety Photo Archives by John Anderson -- $tWilbert Lee ?Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy? O?Daniel: An Appreciation -- $tDPS Photographs, 1939?1941 -- $tNotes on Photos and Sources 330 $aLong 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 extolling family and Christian values found a vast, enthusiastic audience in Depression-era Texas. When Pappy decided to run for governor in 1938 as a way to sell more flour?a fact he proudly proclaimed throughout the campaign?the people of Texas voted for him in record numbers. And despite the ineptitude for politics he displayed once in office, Texans returned him to the governorship in 1940 and then elected him to the U.S. Senate in 1941 in a special election in which he defeated Lyndon Johnson, as well as to a full term as senator in 1942. While the hit film O Brother, Where Art Thou? celebrated a fictional "Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy" O'Daniel, this book captures the essence of the real man through photographs taken by employees of the Texas Department of Public Safety, most of which are previously unpublished. Reminiscent of the work of WPA photographers such as Russell Lee and Dorothea Lange, these photos record the last unscripted era of politics when a charismatic candidate could still address a crowd from an unpainted front porch or a mobile bandstand in the back of a truck. They strikingly confirm that Pappy O'Daniel's ability to connect with people was as great in person as on the radio. To set the photos in context, Bill Crawford has written an entertaining text that discusses the political landscape in Texas and the United States in the 1930s, as well as the rise of radio as mass medium for advertising and entertainment. He also provides extensive captions for each picture. John Anderson, Photo Archivist of the Texas State Archives, discusses the work of Joel Tisdale and the other DPS photographers who left this extraordinary record of the greatest vote-getter in Texas history, who became one of America's first celebrities to cross the line from entertainment to political office. 410 0$aClifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ;$vno. 8. 606 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aGovernors$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aMusicians$zTexas$vBiography 607 $aTexas$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aGovernors 615 0$aMusicians 676 $a976.4/063/092 676 $aB 700 $aCrawford$b Bill$f1955-$01524518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777694003321 996 $aPlease pass the biscuits, Pappy$93765405 997 $aUNINA