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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, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will,…

Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long

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    361 pages

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    19 September 2006

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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, Long 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, Long did more good for the state’s poor and uneducated than any politician be…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780812973839
ISBN-10:0812973836
Author:Richard D. Jr. White
Publisher:Random House Trade
Imprint:Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:361
Release Date:19 September 2006
Weight:295g
Dimensions:21mm x 134mm x 206mm
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Richard D. Jr. White

Richard D. White, Jr., is a professor of public administration at Louisiana State University and the author of Roosevelt the Reformer: Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner 1889–1895. He lives in Baton Rouge.

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