Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long White Richard D.Paperback
Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long White Richard D.Paperback From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but…
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Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long White Richard D.Paperback
From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. And yet, paradoxically, as governor and later as senator, Long did more good for the state's poor and uneducated than any politician before or since. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will, and deployed the state militia as his personal police force.
In this powerful new biography, Richard D. Outrageous demagogue or charismatic visionary? White, Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing, controversial glory.White taps invaluable new source material to present a fresh, vivid portrait of both the man and the Depression era that catapulted him to fame.
From his boyhood in dirt-poor Winn Parish, Long knew he was destined
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