ISBN10: 1557285136, ISBN13: 9781557285133, [publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the Half-Title Page and dated "May 3, 1998. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (slightly bumped on the bottom of the spine and there is a bump on the back cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition with an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the bottom of the front cover. Brodart protected. 238 pages with black and white photographs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Joseph Taylor Robinson's career as a United States congressional leader spanned the most momentous legislative debates of the early twentieth century, from the Versailles Peace Treaty to the first one hundred days of the New Deal. This biography is a fitting tribute to the life and accomplishments of undoubtedly one of the most powerful U.S. senators of that period. An important political figure in Arkansas from the time he was elected to the state legislature in 1895, Joe T., as he was popularly called, became nationally prominent when he ascended to the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate in 1923. Weller uses the story of Robinson's life to illuminate the inner chambers of the Senate and to explore such controversial issues as the League of Nations debate, the Teapot Dome Scandal, and FDR's plan to "pack" the Supreme Court. ...