sortTitle Kingfish The Reign of Huey P Long crossRefId 109763 subtitle The Reign of Huey P. 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. Hardcover ISBN 10: 140006354X ISBN 13: 9781400063543 Publisher: Random House, 2006 View all copies of this ISBN edition: Synopsis About this title 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. 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. 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. 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. White, Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing, controversial glory.įrom the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. White (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4.4 286 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. White taps invaluable new source material to present a fresh, vivid portrait of both the man and.

White, Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing, controversial glory.

Outrageous demagogue or charismatic visionary? In this powerful new biography, Richard D. Kingfish is a balanced, lucid, and absolutely spellbinding portrait of the life and times of the most incendiary figure in the history of American politics. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages

Kingfish by Richard D. White Jr.