AFL-CIO, 99
African Americans, 19–20, 31, 95, 330. See also racism and racial tensions
agrarianism, 151
Agricultural Commission, 60
All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers (McMurtry), 246
All the King’s Men (Warren), 123
Allyson, June, 135
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 243
American Medical Association, 41
Americans for Democratic Action, 99, 125
The Angst Notebook (Brammer), 290–291, 294, 347
anticommunism, 52, 61, 63, 70, 168, 205, 235–236, 237
antiwar sentiment, 264, 277, 284–286, 292–293, 295–298, 323
“Apocalypse Now” (Brammer), 290
Armadillo World Headquarters, 329–330, 335–336
atomic weapons, 25, 30, 142, 173, 237
Austin, Texas: and Brammer’s celebrity, 209–213, 217–218, 325, 345; and Brammer’s death, 349–350; Brammer’s family life in, 47, 107–108, 110–111, 250; counterculture, 259–260, 298; drug culture, 4, 226, 306–308, 343–344; and founding of Austin Sun, 345; founding of city, 47–48; and founding of Texas Monthly, 327–329; and Joplin’s background, 220; and LBJ’s last days, 322–323, 332; McMurtry’s Atlantic article on, 338–339; music scene, 20, 59–60, 119, 211–212, 220–221, 227, 258–260, 261–267, 329–331, 345; race mixing in, 119, 264–265, 270, 298; and Scholz’s Biergarten, 48–50; as setting of The Gay Place, 54, 92, 337; and Texas political liberalism, 286–287, 292, 298, 331; UT Tower shooting, 270
Austin American-Statesman: and the Austin music scene, 261, 263; on Brammer’s death, 348; Brammer’s employment with, 47, 127–128; and Brammer’s first job in Austin, 66–67; on Brammer’s success, 148; journalism awards, 60; Nadine’s work for, 64; review of Mooney’s LBJ biography, 94
Austin Police Department, 264
Austin Saengerrunde, 49
Austin’s Barbecue, 232
Autry, Gene, 38
Avalon Ballroom, 266
Aviation Cadet Training Program, 42
Babbs, Ken, 254
Baker, Bobby: and civil rights efforts, 112; and LBJ’s heart attack, 84; and LBJ’s last days, 322; and LBJ’s political style, 93; and political scandals, 110, 231, 236, 247; and primary elections, 141; and Rometsch, 175
Baker, Chet, 250
Baker Hotel, 147
Balcones Fault, 47
Baldwin, James, 226
Baltimore Sun, 162
Banks, Jimmy, 50
Barkley, Alben, 116
Barr, Candy, 336
Barthelme, Donald, 263
Barthelme, Frederick, 263
baseball, 17
Bay of Pigs, 170
Beat Generation, 62
Beats, 258
be-bop, 29
Bell, Tony, 264
Bellow, Saul, 91
Benton, Robert: and Austin social scene, 59; and birth of Brammer’s daughters, 57, 61; and Brammer’s connection with Houghton Mifflin, 146; and Brammer’s Europe travels, 205–206; on Brammer’s marriage, 51, 54; and Brammer’s screenplay project, 333; on Brammer’s self-destruction, 211, 216; on Brammer’s writing, 51; in New York, 135, 205; writing credentials, 50
Bentsen, Lloyd, 317
Benzedrine, 39, 41, 59, 128–129
Bergman, Ingrid, 36
Berle, Milton, 29
Berlin Wall crisis, 170
Berry, Chuck, 280
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 77
Betty Alden Inn, 108
Big Brother and the Holding Company, 266, 278, 279
Binion, Benny “the Cowboy,” 11
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 20
Boissard, Fernand, 258
Bolinas Hit, 277
“Boll-Weevil” Democrats, 32
Bond, Julian, 323
Bonnie and Clyde (film), 50
Bonnie and Clyde (Newman and Reinert), 333
Book Week, 248
Booth, John Wilkes, 95, 163–164, 345
bottle trees, 9
Bowling Green State University, 314, 315–317
Brackenridge Hospital, 59
Bradlee, Ben, 167
Brammer, Billy Lee: arrests and probation, 319, 322–323, 333, 336, 341, 342; and the Billy Lee Myth, 4–6, 248; birth, 10–11; births of children, 57, 61, 110; cultural influence of, 5, 212, 259–260, 307; death and memorial, 348–350; divorces, 131–132, 133, 136–137, 149, 161, 298; education, 14, 28–29, 40–41; introduction to first wife, 35–40; and JFK’s assassination, 239–241, 244, 342; last words on LBJ, 323–324; marriages, 40, 42, 245–246 (see also Browne, Dorothy; Eckhardt, Nadine); North Dallas Forty based on, 310–311; and Oak Cliff folklore, 11–12; and the Oswald shooting, 3–5; relationship with children, 292–293
Brammer, Dorothy. See Browne, Dorothy
Brammer, Herbert Leslie, Jr., (“Jim”) 11, 12–17, 21, 25, 30, 42, 228, 341, 344
Brammer, Nadine. See Eckhardt, Nadine
Brammer, Rosa, 341
Brammer, Shelby: birth, 61; and Brammer’s affairs, 337; and Brammer’s death, 349–350; and Brammer’s debauchery, 213; and Brammer’s decline, 341; and Brammer’s drug dealing, 344; and Brammer’s last days, 344, 347; and Brammer’s status in sixties counterculture, 5; and Brammer’s time in New York, 334; childhood, 62, 95, 102, 109; and Dorothy Browne, 225, 245; education, 326; and King’s assassination, 297–298; and LBJ’s last days, 322; at LBJ’s parties, 102–103; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 336; and memoir plans, 341–342; move to Washington, D.C., 87, 95; and Nadine’s marriage to Eckhardt, 204; and parents’ relationship, 107–109, 116, 136; relationship with Brammer, 120, 292–293; and tech savvy of Brammer, 63
Brammer, Sidney: and Austin sportswriters, 289; birth, 57–58; and Brammer’s celebrity, 224; Brammer’s correspondence with, 317–318; and Brammer’s death, 348–349; and Brammer’s decline, 305–306, 325, 341; and Brammer’s drug dealing, 344; and Brammer’s interest in youth culture, 216–217, 295; and Brammer’s last days, 347–348; and Brammer’s musical tastes, 18, 29, 250, 261, 267; and Brammer’s parenting style, 275; and Brammer’s personality, 268; and Brammer’s time at SMU, 310; childhood, 62, 95, 102, 109; and Dorothy Browne, 225, 245; and drug use, 343–344; education, 267–268; and King’s assassination, 298, 299; at LBJ’s parties, 102–103; on Mad Dogs, Inc., 336; and memoir plans, 341; move to Washington, D.C., 87, 95; and Nadine’s marriage to Eckhardt, 203–204, 292; on Oswald shooting, 3; and parents’ relationship, 126, 136, 164; on physical appearance of parents, 36; relationship with Brammer, 318–319; on substance abuse among politicians, 138; work for Shrake, 336; work for Yarborough, 317
Brammer, Willie: birth, 110; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s musical tastes, 292; and Dorothy Browne, 245; and King’s assassination, 297; and magic, 326; and Nadine’s marriage to Eckhardt, 204; and parents’ relationship, 136; on Streit, 327
Brautigan, Richard, 276
bribery scandals, 11, 99, 152, 229, 231
Brinkley, Doc, 19
Brooks, Harvey, 261
Broonzy, Big Bill, 29
Brown, Bob, 287
Brown, Joe, 264
Browne, Dorothy: and Arthur Vance, 298, 306–307, 314–315, 324; and Austin counterculture, 259–260, 275, 288; and Bolinas, California, 276–277; and Brammer’s celebrity, 228; and Brammer’s children, 261, 292; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 216–217, 347; and Brammer’s drug use, 252, 324, 326; Brammer’s introduction to, 224–225; and Brammer’s last days, 347; and Brammer’s musical tastes, 267; on Brammer’s time in Dallas, 309, 311; on Brammer teaching, 308; and Denver, Colorado, 279; and LBJ’s departure, 296; marital problems, 270–271, 273, 291, 298; marriage to Brammer, 245–246; Mexico trip, 253–254; moves to Austin, 258, 288; on Oswald shooting, 4; on reactions to The Gay Place, 248; and Texas political liberalism, 337; in Washington, D.C., 246–247, 249–250
Brown v. Board of Education, 61, 70, 72, 99
Broyles, William, 158, 327–328, 329, 349
Buchan, Celia. See Morris, Celia
Buck, Louis, 325
Bundy, McGeorge, 166, 171, 173
Burroughs, William, 226
Busby, Horace, 176
Bush, George H. W., 282
Byrd, Robert, 90
Calderon, Abraham Maldonado, 70
Campbell, Judith, 235
Campus Chat (North Texas student paper), 28–30
The Candidate (film), 159
Canned Heat, 280
Cannon, Nadine. See Eckhardt, Nadine
The Caperberry Bush (Guinn), 123–124
Captain High (Beckman), 224
Carousel Club, 230, 233, 234, 239, 242–243
Carswell Air Force Base, 42
Cartwright, Gary: and Ann Richards, 331; arrest, 289; and the Billy Lee Myth, 5; and Brammer’s death, 349; on Brammer’s decline, 216, 225, 226; and Dallas politics, 228–230; and drug use, 213, 230, 289; and JFK’s assassination, 239, 242–244; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 335; Philadelphia Inquirer job, 246; and Ruby, 233–235, 238–240, 243; and sports writing, 243–244, 269; on Watts riots, 269–270
Cassady, Neal, 254
Castro, Fidel, 235
Caswell House, 275. See also Daniel H. Caswell House
Catch-22 (Heller), 163
The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 42
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 205, 206, 235
Central Texas, 77
Chase, Hal, 276
Cheever, John, 135
Chicago Sun, 223
A Choice, Not an Echo (Schlafly), 248
Christiansen, Andrea, 154
Christiansen, Neil, 169
Churchill, Winston, 323
Citrus Fiesta, 39
civil rights: and Austin activism, 222; and Barbara Jordan, 246; and Brammer’s decline, 216, 218; and Brammer’s Time responsibilities, 202; in The Gay Place, 145, 169; and LBJ’s political priorities, 99–101, 110, 112–115, 126, 139, 255, 264; and police abuses, 70; and Texas liberalism, 296
Civil Rights Act, 255, 264, 296
Clark, Bob, 258
Clay, John, 212
Clinton, Bill, 246
Coastal Plains, 47
Coffee in the Gourd (Dobie), 22
Cold War, 117, 142, 173, 202–203, 205, 237
Coleman, Claudette (later Lowe), 228, 253
Coleman, Ornette, 29
Collected Stories (Porter), 272
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (De Quincey), 257–258
Conforto, Janet Adams (“Jada”), 233–234, 239–240, 244
Congressional Record, 89
Connally, Nell, 241
The Conqueroo, 263, 264, 266, 271, 275, 287, 307
Coolidge, Rita, 335
Cooper, Anthony, 52
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 42–43, 87
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 15, 80
“Cosmic Cowboys,” 20
Coughlin, Charles, 19
“Country Pleasures” (Brammer), 122, 145, 155, 157
“Cracker Eden,” 24
Creager, Rentfro B., 31
Creeley, Robert, 276
Cronkite, Walter, 333
Crosby, Stills, Nash, 316
Cullen, Hugh Roy, 61
Cullum, Paul, 226
Cunliffe, Marcus, 322
Curry, Jesse, 1, 2–3, 234, 243
Daily Texan, 61, 64, 72, 162, 163
Dallas Black Giants, 17
Dallas City Directory, 13
Dallas Committee for Peaceful Integration, 229
Dallas Cowboys, 229–230, 269, 308–309
Dallas Morning News, 50, 66, 162, 228–229, 238–239, 313
Dallas Municipal Building, 5
Dallas Police Department, 2
Dallas Times Herald, 13, 210, 229
Dallek, Robert, 177
Daniel H. Caswell House, 259. See also Caswell House
Danko, Rick, 261
Day-Glo, 278
Dead Horse Mountains, 74
Dealey, Ted, 228
Dearly Beloved Beer and Garden Party, 49, 121, 145, 163. See also Scholz’s Biergarten
Death in Venice (Mann), 325
Deep Ellum blues, 221
“The Deep Ellum Blues,” 20
DeGaulle, Charles, 323
de Kooning, Willem, 105
Democratic Caucus, 116
Democratic National Committee, 73, 100
Democratic National Convention, 6, 101–103, 141–142, 168, 299, 317
Democratic Party, 63, 65, 113, 117, 127, 236, 281, 331
Denton, Texas, 28–29, 36–37, 40–41
Denton Record-Chronicle, 29–30, 40–41
de Santillana, Dorothy: and Brammer’s Fustian Days, 219; and Brammer’s job with Time, 162; and declining sales of The Gay Place, 166–167; on New York, 134; and publication of The Gay Place, 5, 130–131, 145–146; and reception of The Gay Place, 149
desegregation, 32, 61, 63, 125, 156, 202
Desmond, Paul, 129
Detroit News, 3
de Vegh, Diana: acting jobs, 334; and Brammer’s decline, 334–335; and Brammer’s Europe travels, 207; and Brammer’s parole, 333, 341; Brammer’s relationship with, 166, 203, 219; and Kennedy, 166, 170–174, 175, 214; and Shrake, 269; soap opera role, 334
Dexamyl, 41, 116, 117, 128–129, 253
Dexedrine, 230
Dial Press, 219
Diamond M Ranch, 100
Dickens, Charles, 158
Dickinson, Emily, 316
Didion, Joan, 278
Di Prima, Diane, 258
Dixiecrats, 104
Dobbs House Restaurant, 232
Dobie, J. Frank, 22–23, 26, 158–159, 250
Doblier, Maurice, 162
Dodd, Tom, 140
The Doors, 281
Duchess of Palms (Eckhardt), 36, 122
Dugger, Ronnie: and Brammer joining LBJ’s team, 85–86; Brammer’s correspondence with, 91–92; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 216–217; on Brammer’s influence, 5; Brammer’s letters to, 125, 128, 130, 162, 258; on Brammer’s relationship with LBJ, 98; and civil rights politics, 113; and the Daily Texan, 64, 72; and elections of 1956, 99–100; and JFK’s assassination, 237–238, 240–242; and King’s assassination, 297; and LBJ’s heart attack, 78–79; on LBJ’s political campaigning, 31; and LBJ’s recruitment of Brammer, 81–83; Nadine’s correspondence with, 115; opposition to LBJ, 73–74, 76, 89, 93–94, 117, 125, 284–286; and publication of The Gay Place, 148, 163, 165, 288; retirement from Texas Observer, 145; and the San Antonio World’s Fair, 273; and Scholz’s Biergarten, 50; on style of southern politics, 35; and the Texas Observer, 65–69, 72–73; and Texas political liberalism, 337
Dylan, Bob, 6, 222, 226, 261–262, 295
Earle, Ronnie, 341
East Texas Democrat, 65
Eckhardt, Bob: and antiwar sentiment, 296; elected to Congress, 119, 250–251, 281–283; and family tensions, 268, 326–327; first wife, 51; on The Gay Place, 157; and Kennedy’s Texas trip, 237; and King’s assassination, 297; loss of House seat, 298; marital problems, 291–292, 315; Nadine’s marriage to, 203–205; and political cartoons, 23; and the Texas Observer, 65–66
Eckhardt, “Little” Orissa, 204, 293, 337
Eckhardt, Nadine: attraction to power, 293–294; and Austin party scene, 213; and Benton, 146; births of children, 57, 61–62, 110; and Bob Eckhardt’s children, 268–269; and Bob Eckhardt’s election to Congress, 281–283; and Brammer’s decline and death, 325–327, 341–342, 347, 349; and Brammer’s relationship with his children, 250–251, 261, 267, 292–293, 305, 318, 326; and Brammer’s relationship with LBJ, 140–143; and Brammer’s writing of The Gay Place, 121–122, 124–126, 130–131, 157; and the Democratic National Convention, 299; and disputes over The Gay Place, 164, 167, 225, 272; divorces, 131–133, 136–137, 149, 161; and Dorothy Browne, 245; and drug use, 41–42; first years with Brammer, 35–40, 40–44; and JFK’s assassination, 240; joint memoir plans, 341, 351; and Kennedy’s Texas trip, 237; and King’s assassination, 297–298; and LBJ’s funeral, 332; at LBJ’s parties, 102; on LBJ’s personality, 95–98; and LBJ’s reaction to The Gay Place, 201; on LBJ’s team, 79, 81, 86–87; and Marfa film shoot, 74; marriage problems, 57–59, 62–64, 67, 71–72, 86, 105–113, 116–121, 127, 131, 133–137, 214, 291–292, 315, 327, 337–338; marriage to Eckhardt, 203–204; in McAllen, 60; moves to Austin, 47, 115–116; on Oswald shooting, 4; political work, 118–119; pregnancies, 54–56, 106–107, 250; and publication of The Gay Place, 149; and Scholz’s Biergarten, 50–51; Senate job, 88, 90; Shrake on, 210; and Washington, D.C., 87, 91, 95
Eckhardt, Rosalind, 119, 204, 337
Eckhardt, Sarah, 250
Eclectic Medical University, 19
Edwards Plateau, 47
Eighth World Festival of Youth and Students, 205–206
Eisenhower, Dwight, 50, 59, 84, 99–100, 113, 142, 177
Eisenhower Democrats, 50
Eisenhower era, 159
Eisenstadt, Michael, 345
elevated railway, 12
11th Door (club), 264
Ellery Queen, 25
environmental protection legislation, 282
Erard, Michael, 346
Erwin, Frank, 286
Estes, Billie Sol, 109–110, 231, 236, 248
Evans, Worth, 75
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Shelton), 223, 277
Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 242
Falstaff Beer, 49
Farber, Jerry, 311
Faulk, John Henry, 52
Faulkner, William, 158
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 229, 234
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 19, 21, 85
Fensch, Thomas, 43
Fentress, Simmons, 201–202, 202–203
Fergurson, Ernest B., 162
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 276
“Fight Team” (Brammer), 52–53, 71, 146
Fitzgerald, Scott, 22–23, 42, 71, 91, 94, 120–121, 154, 216
Flaubert, Gustave, 128
“The Flea Circus” (Brammer), 145, 150–153, 157, 163
Folliard, Ed, 143
Foreign Relations Committee, 143
Forty Acres Club, 59
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 22, 36
Fox, Phil, 70
“A Fragile Subject” (Brammer), 71
Frank, Harriet, Jr., 210
Frankfurter, Felix, 90
Free Cuba Committee, 242
Freedom Ride movement, 202
Frogtown, 20
Ft. Worth Press, 43
The Fugs, 279
Fustian Days (unfinished Brammer work), 206, 207, 218–219, 226, 271, 306
Garcia, Jerry, 225
Garner, John Nance, 144
Gautier, Théophile, 258
The Gay Place (Brammer): and American landscape, 150–151; Austin as setting of, 54, 92, 337; and the Billy Lee Myth, 4; and Brammer’s celebrity, 209–210, 331–332; Brammer’s family life depicted in, 102–103, 108; and Brammer’s finances, 161; and Brammer’s legacy, 210; declining sales, 166–167; first drafts of, 91; influences on Brammer’s writing, 124; lasting impact of, 157–159; LBJ depicted in, 69, 101, 121–122, 125–126, 168–169; LBJ’s reaction to, 176, 201, 321–322; legal battles over, 225; Lehmann on, 159–160; manuscript submissions, 129–130; movie deal prospect, 171; paperback release, 248; and plot of “Room Enough to Caper,” 123, 154; and plot of “The Flea Circus,” 151–152; and politics/friendship intersection, 67; reviews of, 220, 288, 337; Scholz’s Biergarten represented in, 49; Texas politics portrayed in, 69–71, 99, 157
Gent, Pete, 269, 307–308, 312, 315, 335–336, 349
Gerding, Burt, 222, 264, 265, 267
the Ghetto, 221–223, 226, 265, 273
Gibson, Hoot, 155
Gillon, Steven M., 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 5, 105, 135–136
Giuffre, Jimmy, 29
Gleason, Jackie, 210
Goldwater, Barry, 255
Gollob, Herman, 306
Goodbye, Columbus (Roth), 4
Goodbye to a River (Graves), 158
Goodwin, Richard, 255
Gottfried, Linda, 258
Goyen, William, 199
The Graduate (film), 295
Graham, Bill, 278
Graves, John, 158
Great Society, 255–256, 282, 293, 296, 322–323, 351–352
“The Green Board” (Brammer), 70–71
Greene, A. C., 48
Greiner middle school, 24
Grossman, Albert, 262
Guadalupe Street, Austin, 60
Guggenheim Fellowships, 149
Guinn, Ed, 259–260, 262–263, 271, 330–331
Guinn, Jack, 123
Gunnell, Kathy, 341
Gunnell, Rosa, 11, 30, 232, 341, 350
Hagerty, Jim, 84
Haines, William Hester, 17
Halberstam, David, 4, 33, 162, 200–201, 203, 272
Haley, J. Evetts, 248
Hall, Clementine, 267
Hamilton, Allen, 222
“happenings,” 277
Harold Matson Company, 111–112
Harper and Row, 249
Harper’s, 51, 246–247, 249, 250
Harper’s Magazine Press, 306
Harris, Dicky, 38
Harrison, George, 316
Hatfield, Carol, 347
The Hawks, 261
Hayes, Bobby, 307
The Heart of the Matter (Greene), 128
The Heavy-Honeyed Air (Brammer), 91, 111–112, 114, 116
Heller, Joseph, 163
Helm, Levon, 261
Helms, Chet, 4, 223, 227, 258, 265–266, 277–278, 280, 316
Hemingway, Ernest, 22, 62, 158
Henderson, Bruce, 39
Hendricks, W. F., 70
Hester, Sim, 169
Hickey, Dave, 223
hippie culture: and Austin music scene, 212, 263–264, 266–267, 270, 330; and Bolinas, 276–277; and cultural changes in Austin, 287–288, 345; depicted in The Gay Place, 159; and San Francisco, 4, 278; and SMU, 312, 318; and UT conservatism, 286
Hoffa, Jimmy, 235
Hoffman, Abbie, 6
Holy Ghost experience, 267
Holy Rollers, 40
Hood County, 15
hootenannies, 48
Hoover, Herbert, 136
Hoover, J. Edgar, 229
Hope, Bob, 25
Horseman, Pass By (McMurtry), 158
Houghton Mifflin: annual awards, 146; and Brammer’s Europe travels, 206–207; and Brammer’s financial difficulties, 201; Brammer’s manuscript pitched to, 129–131; fellowships, 4, 148; name on cover of The Gay Place, 5; promotion of The Gay Place, 161, 162; and prospects for movie deal, 167; and prospects for second Brammer novel, 166; revisions to The Gay Place, 133
The House of Breath (Goyen), 199
Houston, Sam, 19
Hud (McMurtry), 217
Hudson, Garth, 261
Hudson, Rock, 73
Hudson’s Cactus Gardens, 222
Hughes, Bob, 119–120, 130–132, 137, 157, 203
Humphrey, Hubert, 73, 101, 113, 126, 201, 323
Hunter, Kermit, 307
The Hustler (film), 210
Hutto, Nelson, 26
“If Ever a Beauty” (Brammer), 130–131, 133
I. L. Club, 264
The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock (Reid), 345–346
The In and Out Book (Benton), 146
Independent Research Service, 205
Inquirer, 246
interracial student gatherings, 60–61
Jacobson, Max, 171
Jada. See Conforto, Janet Adams
James, Jesse, 70
Janeway, Eliot: Brammer’s employment with, 134–135, 161; and economic forecasting, 133, 135, 216; financial conflict with Brammer, 201, 205, 207; and LBJ’s acceptance of vice presidency, 144–145; political clout of, 99
Janeway, Elizabeth, 124, 135–137, 149
Janeway, Michael, 124–125, 133–134, 141–143
Janeway Publishing and Research Corporation, 133
jazz, 25, 29, 36, 48, 95, 159, 168, 267
Jenkins, Dan, 43
Jenkins, Walter, 73, 79, 141, 247, 322
Jewish voters, 99
Jim Crow, 29
Jockey Club, 171
Johnny Green’s Ice House, 12
Johnson, Claudia Alta “Lady Bird”: and banishment of Brammer, 201, 247; and Brammer’s final article on LBJ, 324; and constituent meetings, 97, 98; and gender roles in Washington, 87; and King’s assassination, 297; and LBJ’s crass behavior, 230; and LBJ’s heart attack, 78–79, 84; and LBJ’s recruitment of Dugger, 82; and LBJ’s temper, 177; Nadine’s admiration for, 105, 204; and Nadine’s marriage to Eckhardt, 283; and political scandals, 231; and social life at the Johnson ranch, 111
Johnson, Luci, 84
Johnson, Lynda, 84, 124–125, 321
Johnson, Lyndon Baines: and the Billy Lee Myth, 4–6; and Brammer’s attempt at military service, 58; and Brammer’s departure, 134; Brammer’s opinion of, 98–99; and Brammer’s politics, 27, 118; Brammer’s work load for, 130–131, 133; campaigning style, 30–34; and “case letters,” 88–89; and civil rights, 99–101, 110, 112–115, 126, 139, 246, 255, 264; conflict with Dugger and the Texas Observer, 31, 64, 66, 72–74, 76, 89, 93–94, 117, 125, 284–286; conflict with Shivers, 27, 34, 50, 99–100, 118; conflict with Yarborough, 50, 104–105, 109, 122–123, 236–238; death, 332; and the Democratic National Convention (1956), 104; depicted in The Gay Place, 69, 101, 121–122, 125–126, 151–152, 156, 163, 167–169; and Eckhardt, 282–283; and Eisenhower’s heart attack, 84; failing health, 321–324; funeral, 332; “half-a-loaf” politics, 152; heart attack, 76, 77–79, 80; interest in Brammer, 81–83; and JFK’s assassination, 240–241; and Kearns’s assistance with memoirs, 284–285, 293–295, 299–300, 321, 339–340; and King’s assassination, 297; Nadine’s opinion of, 95–98; and New Deal politics, 34–35; political background, 31–33; and political liberalism, 50, 86; political skill, 67–68, 99–103, 111; and presidential campaign, 145–149; Presidential Library, 323; and presidential primary, 137–143, 143–145; purchase of media outlets, 20–21, 85; reaction to The Gay Place, 176, 201, 225, 321–322; recruitment of Brammer, 79–84; return to national politics, 84–87; and Roosevelt, 32–33; and rural electrification, 14–15; scandals and indiscretions, 107–111, 230–231, 244, 248; temperament, 91, 93; and Texas conservatism, 23, 229; “The Johnson Treatment,” 83, 109, 285; unpopularity of, 295–296; and vice president role, 165, 170, 176–177; and the Vietnam War, 52, 284–286, 293
Johnson, Sam Houston: and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s Fustian Days, 218; and Brammer’s work in Washington, 97; and LBJ’s heart attack, 79; and LBJ’s political deal-making, 138; and presidential primaries, 139; relationship with Brammer, 83; and rural Texas upbringing, 14
Johnson City, Texas, 78
Jomo Disaster Lightshow, 266
Joplin, Janis: and Austin music scene, 20, 220–222, 261, 265–266, 330; background, 220; and the Billy Lee Myth, 4; and Brammer’s status in counterculture, 212; Jada compared to, 234, 240; and Lewisville pop festival, 310; and LSD, 226, 258–259, 279; overdose death, 316, 319; in San Francisco music scene, 277–278; and Texas conservatism, 227
Jordan, Barbara, 246, 282, 311, 323
Joyce, James, 158
Junior League, 65
KANG radio station, 85
Kansas City Monarchs, 17
Kantor, Seth, 234
Kazin, Alfred, 135
KAZZ radio station, 261
Kearns, Doris, 284–285, 293–295, 299–300, 321, 339–340
Kefauver, Estes, 103
Kelly’s Skating Rink, 24
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 138, 174, 176, 237–238, 241, 244
Kennedy, John F.: assassination, 239–241, 244, 245; and the Billy Lee Myth, 5, 6; and Brammer’s satire, 175–176; and Dallas conservatism, 228; and de Vegh, 166, 170–174, 175, 203, 214; and LBJ as vice president, 165, 170, 176–177, 200, 219, 231; and LBJ’s political style, 126; overshadowing of LBJ, 167; and Padre Island protection bill, 118; and party atmosphere in White House, 164–166; and political conflicts in Texas, 84; and presidential campaign of 1960, 143–145, 145–148; and presidential primary, 101–102, 103–105, 137–143, 143–145; and press relations, 164, 170–171, 175; Texas trip, 236–238, 238–239; and Walker firing, 203
Kennedy, Robert F.: assassination, 299; and the Billy Lee Myth, 6; and CIA/organized crime connections, 234–235; presidential bid, 296; and presidential campaign of 1960, 146; and presidential primaries, 139, 144; on “private government,” 231; tensions with LBJ, 236, 247
KERA radio station, 19
Kerouac, Jack, 62, 105, 135–136, 264, 276
Kerrville, Texas, 263
Kesey, Ken: and the Billy Lee Myth, 4; Brammer’s visit with, 225–226; documentary on, 318; guest at SMU, 312–313; and Manzanillo, Mexico, 254, 258; and McMurtry, 217; and psychedelic rock, 263; trip to Texas, 275
Kiker, Doug, 241
King, Larry L.: and Brammer’s arrest, 319; and Brammer’s celebrity, 210; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 272, 288–289; and Brammer’s work in Washington, 97; support for Brammer, 288–289, 306; and the Texas Observer, 66; and Washington social scene, 249; and writing of The Gay Place, 122; writing successes, 246
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 6, 202, 297
Kleberg, Dick, 32
Knopf, 249
KOKE radio station, 330
Kooper, Al, 261
Korty, John, 276
Kramer vs. Kramer (film), 50
Krayola, Red, 263
Kristofferson, Kris, 335
KTRH radio station, 81
Kuchal, Tom, 201
labor unions, 27
Ladies’ Home Journal, 149, 244, 247
Laguerre, Andrew, 43
Lansky, Meyer, 234
Lasswell, Mary, 48
LBJ Presidential Library, 323
Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter), 220, 262
Lemp Brewery, 49
Lennon, John, 6
Levi, Mike, 119
Lewis, Grover, 10, 21, 24, 28–29, 223, 334, 351–352
Light Crust Doughboys, 33
Lincoln, Abraham, 95
Lincoln, Amos “Big Train,” 269–270
Liston, Sonny, 269
“Livvie” (Welty), 9
Lomax, John, 22
Long, Huey, 124
Long News Service, 223
Look, 139
Loomis, Robert D., 112
López Mateos, Adolfo, 139
Los Angeles Times, 223
Lovebucket (musical), 219
Lowe, Hugh, 3, 253–254, 272–273, 344
LSD: and Austin’s psychedelic movement, 306–307, 330; and the Billy Lee Myth, 4, 226; and Bolinas Hit, 277; and Brammer’s cultural influence, 259, 260, 263, 328; and Owsley Stanley, 258, 279; and Shrake, 250; and the 13th Floor Elevators, 287
Luce, Henry, 43, 134, 162, 170
Lucy Gallant (film), 75
“Lyndon Comes Home” (Brammer), 79
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream (Goodwin), 339
The Lyndon Johnson Story (Mooney), 94
MacPherson, Myra, 291
Madame Bovary (Flaubert), 128
Mailer, Norman, 41–42, 143, 167–168, 307
The Making of the President, 1960 (White), 163
Manhattan, New York, 105
Mann, Thomas, 325
Manuel, Richard, 261
Manzanillo, Mexico, 253–255, 258, 287
Marshall, Thurgood, 323
Marshall Plan, 30
Marxism, 134
mass shootings, 270
May, Robert L., Jr., 234
Mayer’s Garden, 13
McAllen, Texas, 39
McCarthy, Eugene, 149, 295–296
McCarthy, Joe, 29, 61, 62–63, 69
McCarthyism, 29
McGregor, Malcolm, 215
McKee, Elizabeth, 146, 166–167, 201, 206–207, 219, 225, 306
McKowen, Clark, 311
McMurtry, Jo, 217
McMurtry, Larry: Atlantic article on Austin, 338–339; and Austin music scene, 212; Brammer compared to, 289; on Brammer’s celebrity, 209; and Brammer’s decline, 217–218; Brammer’s friendship with, 207; character based on Sullivan, 246; critiques of Texas culture, 338–339; on The Gay Place, 54; Horseman, Pass By published, 158; and the Merry Pranksters, 275; on North Texas State, 29; at Rice University, 224–225
McPherson, Harry: on dynamics of Texas politics, 84; on LBJ’s attraction to Nadine, 96; on LBJ’s regard for Brammer, 100; on LBJ’s vice president role, 144, 176; on LBJ’s work style, 90–91; on presidential primaries, 140; on press relations, 247; on primary elections, 102; on “resident intellectuals,” 299
Mellon, John Bailey (“Shirttail Johnny”), 17
Memphis School Board, 202
Meredith, Don, 229, 308, 334–335
Merman, Ethel, 135
Merry Pranksters, 225, 275, 318
methamphetamine production, 343–344
methedrine, 288, 318, 319, 324
Mexican Americans, 34
“Milk Missionaries,” 15
Millbrook, 250
Miller, Henry, 226
Miller, Warren, 206
Milner, Jay: and Austin music scene, 220–221; and Austin party scene, 213–214, 215; and Brammer’s abodes, 212; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 219–220, 314, 315–317; and Brammer’s love of music, 295; and Brammer’s personality, 251; and Brammer’s time at SMU, 307–309, 311–313, 318–319; and Dorothy Browne, 246; and drug use, 41; on The Gay Place, 209–210
Montage: Investigations in Language (Sparke and McKowen), 311
Monte Carlo Club, 39
Montgomery, Marvin, 20
Mooney, Booth, 89–90, 94, 97, 102, 124
moonlight towers, 48
Moore Field Air Force Base, 39
Morris, Celia, 51–52, 148, 246, 337–338, 349
Morris, Willie: and Austin party scene, 213; and the Billy Lee Myth, 4; and Brammer’s celebrity, 210; and Brammer’s satire, 175–176; Brammer’s son named for, 110; and Brammer’s writing skill, 288–289; at Harper’s, 246, 250; and LBJ’s political skill, 91; marriage, 51; and presidential primaries, 145; and publication of The Gay Place, 124; and the Scholz’s Biergarten group, 72
Morrison, Jim, 281
Mother Earth, 266
Motion Picture Association of America, 225
The Moviegoer (Percy), 163
Murchison, Clint, Jr., 229
Muse, Vance, 27
Museum of Modern Art, 135
Myerson, Abraham, 128
The Naked and the Dead (Mailer), 41–42
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 200, 202
National Cerebral Palsied Association, 143
National Football League (NFL), 229–230, 243, 309, 312
National Mall protests, 297–298
National Security Council, 166, 170
natural gas bills, 99
Neanderthal Awards, 213
Negro Leagues, 17
Nelson, Willie, 266, 329–331, 335, 346
New Frontier, 6, 144, 230, 237
The New Journalism (Wolfe), 306
Newman, David, 333
Newport Folk Festival, 261
Newsweek, 76
New Yorker, 4
New York Herald Tribune, 162, 241, 268–269, 313
New York Post, 216
New York Review of Books, 299–300
New York Times, 26, 223, 291, 300
New York Times Book Review, 135, 149, 162
New York Times Magazine, 306
Nixon, Richard: and Brammer’s Washington office, 90, 97; and Eisenhower’s election, 104; elected president, 298, 299; and Great Society programs, 322–323; and New Frontier ideals, 6; and political scandals, 236, 334; and Texas political dynamics, 50, 144, 146–148; Time cover, 280
Noble, Herbert “the Cat,” 11
Nog (Wurlitzer), 318
None Dare Call It Treason (Stormer), 248
No Pockets in a Shroud (McCoy), 26
Northcott, Kaye, 5
North Dallas Forty (Gent), 310
Northern Democrats, 148
North Texas State Laboratory Jazz Band, 36
North Texas State Teachers College (later University), 28–30, 35–36, 39, 217
Novak, Bob, 249
Novalis, 257
nuclear weapons, 25, 30, 142, 173, 237
Oak Cliff: annexation, 11–12; architecture of, 12, 26; and Brammer’s burial place, 350; and Brammer’s childhood, 5, 18, 24; Brammer’s return to, 231–232, 344–345; decline of, 351–352; development of, 26; folklore of, 9–11; Oswald’s home, 30; Ruby’s apartment, 232
Oak Cliff Broom Factory, 17
Oak Cliff Cemetery, 10
Oat Willie, 265
O’Daniel, W. Lee “Pappy,” 23, 32–33
Officer Candidate School, 42
Oklahoma Publishing Company, 3
Olmstead, Frederick Law, 48
“On Being Asked for a War Poem” (Yeats), 207
The Once and Future King (White), 271
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey), 263
On the Road (Kerouac), 276
Orpheum Circuit, 37
Oslo Pier, 43
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1–6, 30, 232, 235–236, 240, 242–243
Owens, Tary, 212, 220, 226, 259–260, 266, 287
Pacific Theater Quonset, 25
Paige, Janis, 135
Paige, Satchel, 135
Palace Theater, 39
Pappas, Ike, 243
Parr, George, 34
Pask, Kevin, 20
Pearl Harbor, 24
Peery, Allison, 273
Pell, Claiborne, 200
Penn Warren, Robert, 123, 135, 146
Percy, Walker, 163
Perskin, Spencer, 287
Pettit, Tom, 5
pharmaceutical industry, 128–129
The Physician’s Desk Reference, 252, 253
Pig Stand, 24
The Pink Pussycat, 271
Places in the Heart (film), 50
Porter, Katherine Anne, 52, 199–201, 207
Porterfield, Steve, 266
“Portrait of Henry Hastings” (Cooper), 52
Powell, Adam Clayton, 142
The Power and the Glory (Greene), 128
The Power Lovers (MacPherson), 291
Powers, Francis Gary, 142
“Pow Wow on the Pedernales” (Brammer), 85
Prine, John, 335
prisoner-of-war camps, 25
Pritchard, Charlie, 262
“A Program with a Heart” (LBJ campaign), 86
Prohibition, 48
Proxmire, William, 201
psychedelic movement, 20, 263, 266, 277, 279, 286–287, 306–307
Publisher’s Weekly, 161
Pulitzer Prize, 272
Queen Theatre, 38
Quorum Club, 175
race records, 220
racism and racial tensions: and Austin music scene, 119–120, 263–264; and Brammer’s Time responsibilities, 202–203; and civil rights bills, 113; and conservatism of UT, 60–61; and Democratic primary of 1956, 104; depicted in The Gay Place, 153; and desegregation, 32, 61, 63, 125, 156, 202; Europe contrasted with the US, 207; and Freedom Ride movement, 202; and interracial student gatherings, 60–61; and Jim Crow, 29; and McAllen, 56; and the NFL, 309; and Oak Cliff, 12, 19; and Port Arthur, 220; and segregation, 12, 21–22, 61; and southern politics, 35; and Texas sports, 228–229; and Watts riots, 269–270
radio: and Austin music scene, 261, 330; border radio station, 19, 20–21, 108, 220, 254, 292; and Brammer’s childhood, 13–14, 18–20, 24–25; and Brammer’s musical tastes, 29, 77, 95, 108, 221–222, 261–262, 292; and JFK’s death, 299; and Joplin’s background, 220–222; and political coverage, 23; and Texas politics, 20–21, 23, 27, 30, 33–35, 52, 59, 81, 85, 99, 109–110, 117, 238; underground radio Washington, 292; and World War II, 24–25
The Rag, 264, 265, 286–288, 330
Raskin, Barbara, 97
Ravetch, Irving, 210
Raw Deal restaurant, 212–213, 345, 350
Rayburn, Sam, 85, 99–100, 103–104, 124, 139, 219
Redford, Robert, 159
Redman, Dewey, 29
Reedy, George: and Brammer’s exclusion from LBJ’s circle, 247; on Brammer’s political acumen, 89; on LBJ’s attraction to Nadine, 96; and LBJ’s heart attack, 78–79; and LBJ’s political style, 90, 101, 117; and the “Pow Wow on the Pedernales,” 85; and primary elections, 101–102
Reid, Jan: on Austin music scene, 221, 262, 330, 345–346; and Brammer’s celebrity, 210; on Brammer’s cultural influence, 307; on characters in The Gay Place, 157; on LBJ’s campaigning, 100; on LBJ’s funeral, 332; on McMurtry’s Atlantic article, 338; and Texas Monthly, 328; on the Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic, 335
Reinert, Al: and Brammer’s arrest, 340–341; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 318, 345–347; and Brammer’s Europe travels, 206; on Brammer’s literary influences, 22; on The Gay Place, 151, 158; on LBJ’s distrust of intellectuals, 300; and LBJ’s last days, 322; on LBJ’s political campaigning, 30; and LBJ’s recruitment of Brammer, 79–81, 83; novels, 333–334; and Texas Monthly, 328, 333; on Texas politics, 34
Reinhart, Dick, 20
Republican Junior League, 147
Republican National Convention, 136
Republican Party, 31, 104, 112–113, 247, 317
Reynosa, Texas, 39
Richards, Ann: and Brammer’s death, 349; and the Dallas political climate, 229, 235; elected county commissioner, 345; and JFK’s assassination, 239; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 336; and publication of The Gay Place, 148; and Scholz’s Biergarten, 49–50; start of political career, 331
Richards, Dave: and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 325; and Cartwright’s arrest, 289; and conservatism of UT, 23; and the Dallas political climate, 229, 235–236; and JFK’s assassination, 239; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 335; and Oswald, 243; and publication of The Gay Place, 148; and The Rag, 286–287; and Scholz’s Biergarten, 49, 62; and Texas liberalism, 51
right-to-work laws, 27
Ripley, Anthony, 3
Rip-Off Press, 277
Rip-Off Review of Western Culture, 277
Ritt, Martin, 210
Rivers, Travis, 266
Robertson, Robbie, 261
Robinson, Edward G., 135
Robotypers, 88, 91–92, 97, 99, 102, 117, 128
Rolling Stone, 311, 316, 334–335
“Room Enough to Caper” (Brammer), 123, 133, 145, 153–154, 157
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 65, 96, 203
Roosevelt, Franklin, 14, 19, 23–24, 27, 32–33, 124, 127, 134
Roth, Philip, 4
Rowe, Jim, 293
Royal, Darrell, 289
Rubber Soul (The Beatles), 267
Ruby, Jack: and the Billy Lee Myth, 5; and Brammer’s time in Dallas, 230, 232–235, 238–240; and the Carousel Club, 59, 147, 230, 233–234, 242–243; confrontation with Shrake, 238–239; death, 244; and JFK’s assassination, 239–241; and Oswald shooting, 2, 3, 242–244
rural electrification, 12–17, 20, 30, 177
Rural Electrification Act, 30
Rural Electrification Administration (REA), 14–15
Rusk, Dean, 173
Russell, Jan Jarboe, 81
Russell, Leon, 311
Sahl, Mort, 135
Salinger, Pierre, 164–165, 230
Sandburg, Carl, 300
Sanders, Barefoot, 70
San Francisco, 4, 266, 277–278
San Francisco Oracle, 266
San Jacinto Monument, 69
Sargent, Dwight, 313
Saturday Evening Post, 112, 278
Scanlon, Gary, 266
Schlafly, Phyllis, 248
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 205, 236
Scholz’s Biergarten: and Ann Richards, 331, 336; and Austin party scene, 215; and Brammer’s arrest, 289; and Brammer’s social life, 49–51, 59, 64, 66, 71–72, 214, 246; depicted in The Gay Place, 92, 121, 124, 148, 163, 209; and drug sources, 325; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 336; and McMurtry, 207, 217; and Nadine’s promiscuity, 132; origins of, 48–49; and political liberalism, 62–63; the Rag on, 287; and Texas politics, 119, 298; and UT Tower shooting, 270
school desegregation, 61, 70, 72, 99, 203
Secret Service, 170–172, 176, 238, 332
Senate Rules Committee, 231
Sevareid, Eric, 111
Sex Pistols, 262
sexual harassment, 96
Shelton, Gilbert, 222–223, 261, 264–265, 277
Shelton Brothers, 20
Ship of Fools (Porter), 199–200
“shit-house liberals,” 63
Shivers, Allan: and Brammer’s politics, 27; conflict with LBJ, 27, 34, 50, 99–100, 118; and Democratic primary of 1956, 104; depicted in The Gay Place, 156; and Jester’s death, 34; movie appearance, 75; and political conservatism, 50; and racial politics in Texas, 63; reelection, 64–65; and school desegregation, 61; and the Texas Observer, 66, 68–70
Shrake, Bud: and Austin music scene, 330; and Austin party scene, 213, 289, 331; and Brammer’s arrest, 319; and Brammer’s celebrity, 210; and Brammer’s death, 349; and Brammer’s decline, 324; and Brammer’s joint memoir plans, 342; and Brammer’s writing prospects, 270, 272, 306; and the Carousel Club, 233–235; confrontation with Ruby, 238–239; and Dallas party scene, 228–230, 307; and de Vegh, 269; and JFK’s assassination, 239, 241; and LSD, 250; and Mad Dogs, Inc., 335, 336; and origin of Sports Illustrated, 43; and Oswald shooting, 242–243; at Sports Illustrated, 246; on women, 271
Sidey, Hugh, 164–166, 175, 241, 299
Silberman, James H., 219, 244, 255, 268–269
Sinatra, Frank, 36
Six Flags over Texas, 26
Skillern’s Drugstore, 24
Skyline Club, 59
“Slouching Towards Bethlehem” (Didion), 278
Smathers, George, 140
Smith, Kline and French, 129
Smithum, Jim, 211
Smithwick, Sam, 100
Snyder, Gary, 311
Social Security, 86
Somebody’s Darling (McMurtry), 338
Sons of the Republic, 61
Southern Baptists, 99
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 202
Southern conservatives, 68
Southern Methodist University, 307, 310–315, 318
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 347
Southwest Writers Collection, 218
Sparke, William, 311
Special Services radio, 25
Spectorsky, A. C., 4
Sports Illustrated, 43, 246, 250, 269, 289
Standard, James, 3
Stanley, Augustus Owsley, III, 258, 279
Stanton, Frank, 176
Stark Naked (performer), 275
State Observer, 65
State of the Union Addresses, 77
Steer Stadium, 17
Stegner, Wallace, 217
Stendhal, 347
Stevens, Manley, 348
Stevenson, Adlai: Brammer’s critique of, 127; and Brammer’s political reporting, 59; and the Dallas political climate, 235–236; and Democratic primary of 1956, 104; depicted in The Gay Place, 69; and Kennedy’s indiscretions, 173; and the “Pow Wow on the Pedernales,” 85; and presidential primaries, 142; and Randolph’s backing, 65; and Texas political liberalism, 50
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 13
St. John, Powell, 221, 262, 263, 266–267
Stone, I. F., 69
Stopher, Wali, 223, 259, 262–264
Stormer, John, 248
Street, James, 111–112, 116, 123, 129, 146
Streit, Susan, 326, 327, 330. See also Walker, Susan Streit
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, 261, 267–268
The Student as Nigger (Snyder and Farber), 311
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 202
Students for a Democratic Society, 286
Sullivan, John, 246
Summer of Love, 264
Swados, Harvey, 207
Symington, Stu, 140
talkies, 37
Teague, Wells, 346
Tender is the Night (Fitzgerald), 22, 71, 111, 120–121, 123, 224
Terry, Marshall, 315
A Texan Looks at Lyndon (Haley), 248
Texans, Let’s Talk Texans (WFAA radio program), 13–14
Texas Correspondents, 103
Texas Democratic Party, 23, 31, 100, 236, 255
Texas Longhorns football team, 60
“The Texas Mind” (Brammer), 71–72
Texas Monthly, 5, 148, 158, 323, 327–331, 333, 335, 351
Texas Observer: and Austin social scene, 210; Brammer’s editorials, 83, 85; and Brammer’s loyalty to LBJ, 98; on Brammer’s role in counterculture, 5; Brammer’s satire in, 175–176, 290; and conflict between Dugger and LBJ, 31, 64, 66, 72–74, 76, 89, 93–94, 117, 125–126, 284; and Eckhardt, 119; and Gay Place reviews, 162, 288; and Giant production, 71–74; and Hickey, 223; influence in Texas politics, 65–67, 67–71, 100, 110; and Ivins, 298; and JFK’s assassination, 241–242; and LBJ’s heart attack, 78–79; and LBJ’s interest in Brammer, 80–81; Morris’s move to editor, 145; and Randolph’s backing, 65; Sidney Brammer interview in, 292; and Texas liberalism, 317
Texas Parade, 346
Texas Power and Light Company, 12–17, 35, 75
Texas Senate, 73
Texas Star Theatre, 29
Texas State Fair, 19
Texas State Teachers College, 32
Texas State University, 218
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (McCoy), 26
13th Floor Elevators, 263, 265, 266, 267, 287, 329
Thomas, Dylan, 201
Thompson, Bob, 229
Thornberry, Homer, 58
Thornton, Willie Mae, 220
Threadgill, Kenneth, 48, 220–222, 263–264, 316, 329
Threadgill’s, 20, 48, 59, 220–222, 263–264
Tinkle, Lon, 162
“To Hell with the Facts” (Brammer), 69
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), 163
Tokyo Rose, 25
Town Lake, 119
Trillin, Calvin, 201
Trilling, Lionel, 135
The Troubadour, 316
Truman, Harry, 33, 116, 143–144, 203, 247
Turner, Jimmy, 243
Twain, Mark, 301
Twin Sisters Mountains, 78
U-2 spy plane incident, 142
Underground City Hall, 265
University of Mississippi, 203
University of Texas: Board of Regents, 72, 286; Brammer’s application to teach, 289; and Brammer’s education, 28, 52; and Dobie, 22; fraternities, 227; Law School, 61; and LBJ’s political campaigning, 30; and Oat Willie character, 265; and the Scholz’s Biergarten crowd, 50–51; UT Tower shootings, 270
USA, 23
US Air Force, 39
US Capitol, 87
US Department of Justice, 156
US Foreign Service, 122
US House of Representatives, 85, 281
US Justice Department, 69
US Senate: and Brammer’s Time pieces, 200; and civil rights bills, 112–113; and LBJ’s political career, 33–34; and LBJ’s political skill, 67–68, 73, 93–94, 167; and LBJ’s role as vice president, 177; and Southern Manifesto, 98–99; and Yarborough, 104–105, 109
Valenti, Jack, 225
Vance, Arthur, 298, 306, 314–315, 324
Vance, Lila, 324
The Vantage Point (Johnson), 321–322
Varsity Theatre, 59
Vaughan, Stevie Ray, 352
Vicious, Sid, 262
Vietnam War, 33, 176, 284, 293–296, 300, 332
Villatorro, Madeleine, 259–260
Viva Terlingua (Walker), 330
Von Hoffman, Nicholas, 311
voting rights legislation, 100–101, 113, 264
Vulcan Gas Company, 20, 279, 286–287, 329
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 262, 264, 330, 331, 345
Walker, Stanley, 337
Walker, Susan Streit, 226. See also Streit, Susan
Walker, Tom, 223
Wallace, Henry (Wali Stopher), 223, 259, 262–263
Wallace, Malcolm, 231
Warner Bros., 74
Warren, Earl, 323
Warren Commission, 1–2, 3, 239
Watergate, 334
Watson, Doc, 264
Weddington, Sarah, 331
Wells, Leslie, 37
Welty, Eudora, 9
West, Nathanael, 22
West, Richard, 327
West Germany, 33
WFAA radio station, 13–14, 19–20
White, Terence Hanbury, 217, 271
White, Theodore H., 163
“White Collar Pill Party” (Jackson), 251–252
Whitman, Charles, 270
Whitman, Walt, 320
“Why Americans Can’t Write Political Fiction” (Lehmann), 159–160
Wiggins, Lanny, 221
Wiggins, Ramsey, 222
Wilkins, Roy, 323
Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic, 335
Wills, Bob, 108
Wilson, Charlie, 228, 259, 326
Wilson, Eddie, 49, 329–330, 335–336, 345
Wilson, Glen, 91, 95, 122, 162, 246
WOAI radio station, 108
Wonder Warthog (Shelton), 223
Woodward, Warren, 322
Woolf, Virginia, 22
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 273
Wright, Lawrence, 148
Wright, Zephyr, 79, 82, 111, 113
Wukasch, Anita Howard, 60, 94, 124, 347
Wurlitzer, Rudy, 318
Wyman, Jane, 75
Wynne, Angus, 26, 262, 310, 350
X, Malcolm, 6
Xerox machines, 122
XER radio station, 19
Yarborough, Ralph: conflict with LBJ, 50, 104–105, 109, 122–123, 236–238; and JFK’s assassination, 241; and Kennedy’s Texas trip, 236–238; and Kriken, 273; and Padre Island protective legislation, 118; and political scandals, 231; and “Room Enough to Caper,” 123; Senate races, 104–105, 122–123; Sidney Brammer’s job with, 317; smear campaign against, 70; support of Texas liberals, 50, 63