Kingfish : the reign of Huey P. Long /
Richard D. White, Jr.
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
- New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006.
- xii, 361 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-344) and index.
A wedded man with a storm for a bride -- I was born barefoot -- Schoolbooks, scandals, and skulduggery -- Enough money to burn a wet mule -- Bought like a sack of potatoes -- Green silk pajamas and a kidnapping -- Sell them plugs -- Witches bound at the stake -- Hattie and Huey -- Who is that awful man? -- A black eye for the kingfish -- Cut their nails and file their teeth -- A tax on lying -- Tear-dimmed eyes and hungry souls -- Nuts running America -- Struck like a rattlesnake.
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Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography. Governors--Louisiana--Biography. Politieke geschiedenis.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945. Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950. Louisiana.