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Win the race or die trying : Uncle Earl's last hurrah / Jack B. McGuire.
Van Pelt Library F376.3.L67 M375 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGuire, Jack B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long, Earl Kemp, 1895-1960.
- Long, Earl Kemp.
- Governors--Louisiana--Biography.
- Governors.
- Louisiana.
- Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 The Longs: A Political Family 11
- 2 Earl Kemp Long: A Political Life 25
- 3 Earl Long's First Full Term as Governor: 1948-1952 29
- 4 The 1951 Election 35
- 5 Peak Earl: 1956 39
- 6 The Eighth Congressional District Foreshadowing: 1958 43
- 7 Race, Rage, and Rainach 47
- 8 Uncle Earl's Very Public Fall 61
- 9 Running for Lieutenant Governor: 1959-1960 91
- 10 "I Would Rather Win and Die than Lose and Live": 1960 103
- 11 Uncle Earl's Last Hurrah 105
- 12 The Runoff Campaign: All In 147
- 13 In Uncle Earl's Wake 189
- 14 Louisiana Reacts 195
- 15 Louisiana Editorial Reactions to Earl Long's Death 201
- 16 National Editorial Reaction 205
- 17 Settling Uncle Earl's Estate 209
- 18 Memorializing Earl Kemp Long 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McGuire, Jack B., author. Win the race or die trying.
- ISBN:
- 9781496807632
- 1496807634
- OCLC:
- 930257172
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