Foreword ix Prologue xi PART I: Small Towns and Growing Horizons 1 1 Early Memories and Influences 3 2 Denton, Texas 17 3 Orange, Texas 22 4 Weatherford, Texas 25 5 Austin 32 PART II: A Freeing of the Mind and Spirit 45 6 College 47 7 Moving into My Mountains 56 PART III: Early Political Years 83 8 Washington, DC 85 9 Jake 97 10 In Preparation for Defeat 108 PART IV: A Political Master’s Degree 141 11 The Democratic National Committee and Bob Strauss 143 12 With Strauss and On My Own 168 13 Lloyd Bentsen 191 14 Lowell Lebermann—In Praise of Friendship 235 PART V: America’s Best Ideas 245 15 The National Park Foundation 247 16 Parks in a Changing Texas 262 Epilogue 305 Acknowledgments 319 Index 323 CONTENTS ...