Authors: Gail Collins
Tags: #Political Science, #Political Process, #General
As Texas Goes... (25 page)
About the Author
Gail Collins is an op-ed columnist for the
New York Times.
From 2001 to 2007 she was the editor of the
Times
editorial page, the first woman ever to hold that job. In her earlier incarnations she was a columnist for
New York Newsday
and the
Daily News.
She is the author of six books, including
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
and a recent biography of President William Henry Harrison.
Collins, who lives in Manhattan with her husband, Dan Collins, was born in Ohio, which produced way more presidents than Texas but still does not seem to have the same cachet.
Copyright © 2012 by Gail Collins
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Collins, Gail.
As Texas goes— : how the Lone Star State hijacked the American agenda /
Gail Collins. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87140-407-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Texas—Politics and government—1951– 2. Texas—Social policy. 3. Texas—Economic policy. I. Title.
JK4816.C67 2012
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