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The 57 club : my four decades in Florida politics
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- Creator
- Frederick B. Karl ; foreword by David R. Colburn and Susan A. MacManus
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813034638, 0813034639
- OCLC
- ocn437299350
- Includes index.
- pt. 1. The club, the people, and the environment -- The club is born -- Club members and others -- The home of the Capitol -- A citizen legislature -- The social calendar -- pt. 2. The issues -- Segregation -- Racial issues -- The Johns Committee -- Reapportionment -- Other issues and episodes -- pt. 3. Governors, the media, and campaigns -- Governors we knew -- The role of the media -- Anatomy of a campaign -- A justice is the sum of his past -- pt. 4. The operators -- Speakers and speeches -- Lobbying and lobbyists -- End of story -- Appendix A: The 1957 freshmen in the Florida House of Representatives -- Appendix B: Jack Orr's speech -- Appendix C: Toby Simon's case -- Appendix D: Governor Collins veto message of the Last Resort Bill -- Appendix E: Interposition resolution in response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957
Subjects
- Karl, Frederick B.
- Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives -- Biography.
- Florida. Supreme Court -- Biography.
- Legislators -- Florida -- Biography.
- Judges -- Florida -- Biography.
- County officials and employees -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Biography.
- Florida -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Hillsborough County (Fla.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.