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Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill What Pleasants has delivered is a meticulously researched, carefully delivered and thoughtfully crafted assessment of Richard Rice Reynolds and his place in North Carolina history. Charlotte Observer Buncombe Bob tackles a difficult subject and places him in the context of his times.Bruce Clayton, Allegheny College Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill What Pleasants has delivered is a meticulously researched, carefully delivered and thoughtfully crafted assessment of Richard Rice Reynolds and his place in North Carolina history. Charlotte Observer Buncombe Bob tackles a difficult subject and places him in the context of his times.Bruce Clayton, Allegheny College Pleasants masterfully chronicles this swaggering character who demagogued his way across Depression-era North Carolina with a populist brand of politics and a knowing wink. Raleigh News & Observer

"""Buncombe Bob"" tackles a difficult subject and places him in the context of his times.Bruce Clayton, Allegheny College Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill What Pleasants has delivered is a meticulously researched, carefully delivered and thoughtfully crafted assessment of Richard Rice Reynolds and his place in North Carolina history.""Charlotte Observer"" """"Buncombe Bob"" tackles a difficult subject and places him in the context of his times.Bruce Clayton, Allegheny College"" ""Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"" ""What Pleasants has delivered is a meticulously researched, carefully delivered and thoughtfully crafted assessment of Richard Rice Reynolds and his place in North Carolina history.""Charlotte Observer"""" Pleasants masterfully chronicles this swaggering character who demagogued his way across Depression-era North Carolina with a populist brand of politics and a knowing wink.""Raleigh News & Observer"""

Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.<p>Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Out of the Great Depression came Senator Bob Reynolds, one of the most unusual political figures to have risen so high in North Carolina. Julian Pleasants presents a clear-headed account of Reynolds's out-of-the-ordinary life, so full of contradictions.Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Julian M. Pleasants, coauthor of Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina, is professor of history and director of the Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.

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