Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Photographs viii
4. Doodles x
5. Foreword xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
8. Chapter 2 Roots in Western New York 14
9. Chapter 3 Becoming a Lawyer and Politician 33
10. Chapter 4 Mr. Conable Goes to Albany 52
11. Chapter 5 A Freshman in the Eighty-Ninth Congress 75
12. Chapter 6 Appointment to the Ways and Means Committee 108
13. Chapter 7 Support for Richard Nixon 130
14. Chapter 8 The Watergate Betrayal 156
15. Chapter 9 Toughest Reelection 179
16. Chapter 10 A Friend in the White House 197
17. Chapter 11 Republican Leader of Ways and Means 234
18. Chapter 12 Cutting Taxes 266
19. Chapter 13 Saving Social Security 309
20. Chapter 14 Concluding a Congressional Career 339
21. Chapter 15 Life After Congress 373
22. Notes 385
23. Index 417