Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County (Canseco-Keck History Series) by J. Gilberto Quezada
Texas A&M University Press; 1st edition | April 1, 1999 | English | ISBN: 0890968659 | 312 pages | PDF | 3 MB
On January 1, 1937, Manuel B. Bravo was sworn in as county judge of Zapata County, a post he would hold for twenty years. In Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County, J. Gilberto Quezada delineates Bravo’s political career in the Democratic Party and examines his role in some of the important issues of his day, especially Falcon Dam. During Bravo’s years in office, he worked and corresponded with many Texas and national politicians, including James Allred, Lloyd Bentsen, Kika de la Garza, Ralph Yarborough, and, most prominently, Lyndon Johnson.