Huey Long
T. Harry Williams
(Author)
Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this work describes the life of one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history. Huey Long was a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck 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.Product Details
Price
$26.00
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
August 12, 1981
Pages
884
Dimensions
5.42 X 1.62 X 7.86 inches | 1.45 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780394747903
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About the Author
T. Harry Williams was born in Vinegar Hill, Illinois, in 1909. He taught at the universities of Wisconsin, Omaha, and West Virginia before becoming Professor of History of Louisiana State University, and was the author of many books on military and political history. The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established at Louisiana State University in 1992.
Reviews
"A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful, as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics." --Washington Post