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Overview"He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history--a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the redneck Southern politico, and yet had become at the time of his assassination a serious rival to Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency. In this ""masterpiece of American biography"" (New York Times Book Review), Huey Long stands wholly revealed, analyzed, and understood." Full Product DetailsAuthor: T Harry Williams , Tom WeinerPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing Edition: Library Edition Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 9.10cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.816kg ISBN: 9781433223105ISBN 10: 1433223104 Publication Date: 01 July 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsT. Harry Williams has made pretty darn sure that his is going to be the definitive biography of Long...A king-sized portrayal of the extraordinary Kingfish. -- Kirkus Reviews An intimate biography, the kind to savor. Long, an unlikely mix of self-interest and altruism, led a life of scheming and intrigue worthy of becoming a novel. Many Louisianans populate the story, and Tom Weiner gives them perfect Southern accents...Weiner employs a sharp, authoritative tone for Long, telling his amusing and sometimes apocryphal stories. The combination of excellent material, skillful composition, and Weiner's engaging narration makes this audiobook easy to recommend. -- AudioFile I know of no better American political biography. -- Saturday Review A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics. -- Washington Post A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics. -- Washington Post An intimate biography, the kind to savor. Long, an unlikely mix of self-interest and altruism, led a life of scheming and intrigue worthy of becoming a novel. Many Louisianans populate the story, and Tom Weiner gives them perfect Southern accents...Weiner employs a sharp, authoritative tone for Long, telling his amusing and sometimes apocryphal stories. The combination of excellent material, skillful composition, and Weiner's engaging narration makes this audiobook easy to recommend. -- AudioFile I know of no better American political biography. -- Saturday Review T. Harry Williams has made pretty darn sure that his is going to be the definitive biography of Long...A king-sized portrayal of the extraordinary Kingfish. -- Kirkus Reviews """A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics."" -- ""Washington Post"" ""An intimate biography, the kind to savor. Long, an unlikely mix of self-interest and altruism, led a life of scheming and intrigue worthy of becoming a novel. Many Louisianans populate the story, and Tom Weiner gives them perfect Southern accents...Weiner employs a sharp, authoritative tone for Long, telling his amusing and sometimes apocryphal stories. The combination of excellent material, skillful composition, and Weiner's engaging narration makes this audiobook easy to recommend."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""I know of no better American political biography."" -- ""Saturday Review"" T. Harry Williams has made pretty darn sure that his is going to be the definitive biography of Long...A king-sized portrayal of the extraordinary Kingfish. -- ""Kirkus Reviews""" An intimate biography, the kind to savor. Long, an unlikely mix of self-interest and altruism, led a life of scheming and intrigue worthy of becoming a novel. Many Louisianans populate the story, and Tom Weiner gives them perfect Southern accents...Weiner employs a sharp, authoritative tone for Long, telling his amusing and sometimes apocryphal stories. The combination of excellent material, skillful composition, and Weiner's engaging narration makes this audiobook easy to recommend. -- AudioFile I know of no better American political biography. -- Saturday Review T. Harry Williams has made pretty darn sure that his is going to be the definitive biography of Long...A king-sized portrayal of the extraordinary Kingfish. -- Kirkus Reviews A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics. -- Washington Post Author InformationThomas Harry Williams (1909-1979) was an award-winning author and historian who garnered numerous academic honors. He is perhaps best known for his American Civil War studies and his 1969 work Huey Long, the definitive study of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Other acclaimed works include Lincoln and the Radicals (1941), P.G.T. Beauregard, Napoleon in Gray (1955), Romance and Realism in Southern Politics (1961), McClellan, Sherman, and Grant (1962), and posthumously History of American Wars (1981). In 1964, he received the Harry S. Truman Award in Civil War History. Upon his death, the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors established the T. Harry Williams Chair of American History and the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History. Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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