Leander Perez, boss of the Delta / by Glen Jeansonne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeansonne, Glen, 1946-

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Louisiana--Biography.

Politicians.

Judges--Louisiana--Biography.

Judges.

Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Louisiana.

Louisiana--Politics and government--1951-.

Plaquemines Parish (La.)--Politics and government.

Plaquemines Parish (La.).

Louisiana--Race relations.

Perez, Leander, 1891-1969.

Perez, Leander.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet from Federal Bureau of Investigation web site. Address as of 7/23/08: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/perez_leander.htm; current access available via PURL.

Summary:

Leander Perez 1891-1969) was more than simply another Neanderthal segregationist. He was a political boss who held absolute power in Plaquemines Parish to an extent unsurpassed by any parish leader in Louisiana's history. Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta is his full history. A bit of a social reformer, a political figure of national stature, an oil tycoon worth millions of dollars, Perez was known to one and all, including himself, as the Judge, although the office he held for most of his career was that of district attorney. He got his political start in the early 1920's, when Huey Long was be

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Prologue; Chapter 1 Coming of Age; Chapter 2 The Judge; Chapter 3 The Trappers' War; Chapter 4 The Judge and the Kingfish; Chapter 5 Small Stealing Is an Outrage; Chapter 6 Burying the Hatchet, Perez Style; Chapter 7 The Carrot and the Stock; Chapter 8 The Little War of 1943; Chapter 9 Politics as Usual; Chapter 10 Saving the Country; Chapter 11 Earl Long and the Third Party; Chapter 12 Segregation Forever; Chapter 13 The Second Battle of New Orleans

Chapter 14 Leander's Last StandChapter 15 Saving the Country Again; Chapter 16 The Judge Retires; Epilogue; Afterword; Essay on Additional Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Print-on-Demand ed. Originally published in 1977 by Louisiana State University Press. Second edition copyright c1995 ... University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-454) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27509-0

9786613275097

1-60473-637-2

OCLC:

755415625