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OverviewOutrageous demagogue or charismatic visionary? In this powerful new biography, Richard D. White, Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing, controversial glory. 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. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Huey orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will, and deployed the state militia as his personal police force. And yet, paradoxically, as governor and later as senator, Huey did more good for the state's poor and uneducated than any politician before or since. With Kingfish, White has crafted a balanced, lucid, and absolutely spellbinding portrait of the life and times of the most incendiary figure in American politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard D White Jr , Patrick CullenPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.30cm Weight: 0.091kg ISBN: 9780786174003ISBN 10: 0786174005 Publication Date: 01 August 2006 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 ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRichard D. White Jr. is dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University. Dr. White is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated political biographer and author of Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long; Roosevelt the Reformer: Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895; and Will Rogers: A Political Life. He received a PhD in public administration from Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from Purdue University, and a BA in political science from Old Dominion College. He has published dozens of scholarly articles in prominent journals, including Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Integrity, Journal of Management History, Commonwealth: A Journal of Political Science, and the Christian Science Monitor. Prior to his academic career, Dr. White was a senior officer in the US Coast Guard and served over ten years at sea. He currently lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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