Little Giant: The Life and Times of Speaker Carl Albert
Paperback 402 pages English September 15, 1999
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University of Oklahoma Press
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At age six, Carl Albert knew he wanted to serve in the United States Congress. In 1947 he realized his dream when he was elected to serve in the House of Representatives alongside John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In Little Giant, Albert relates the story of his life in Oklahoma and his road to Congress, where after eight years of service he joined its leadership and shaped the legislation known as Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society. In 1971 he began his own Speakership; six years later, when it ended, Congress had been reshaped and had weathered the constitutional crisis of Richard Nixon's "Imperial Presidency."
- Author:
- Carl Albert
- Publisher:
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Publication Date:
- September 15, 1999
- Number of pages:
- 402 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0806132000
- ISBN-13:
- 9780806132006