"Long was influential in getting Roosevelt the presidential nomination in 1932, but when Roosevelt strayed from his promises to the ‘forgotten man’, he raised hell. [...] Though he was frequently reminded that it was not a junior senator’s place to rock the boat, he paid no attention."

Jefferson Cowie reviews #ThomasEPatterson's #AmericanPopulist: #HueyLong of #Louisiana

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/jefferson-cowie/that-damn-smooth-stuff
#HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

He was a dictatorial executive, progressive thinker, a populist hero, and had his eyes on the White House had an assassin not struck. New biography of Huey Long was fascinating! #Bookthreads #Books #Booksky #Bookblogger #Edelweiss #ARCReview #HueyLong #LSU #USSenate #Politics #AmericanPopulist

http://bargain-sleuth.com/2025/02/22/%f0%9f%93%9aamerican-populist-huey-long-of-louisiana-bookreview-lsupublishing-arcreview-biography-politics/