Huey Longby Harry T. Williams | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Political" |
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| Pages: | 876 |
| Year of Publication: | 1969 |
| Date Read: | 03/16/1987 |
| Notes: | Williams captures the Kingfish in all his colorful glory, from his early days as a salesman to his law career (championing, of course, underdogs), from his years on the Louisiana Railroad Commission through his governorship to his time in the U.S. Senate. Long was clearly a talented politician, and one gets the sense that he would have been a powerful figure in Louisiana even had the Depression not come. But Long was able to use the economic woes to increase his standing in the state, to flesh out a very progressive agenda, and to gain national prominence. There is at least mild reason to suspect that had he not been assassinated in September 1935, Long could have given FDR a run for his money in 1936. |
| My Rating: | 9 |