"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

"Huey comes to power running against the big corporations. He comes to power working to smash Standard Oil [..] They try to impeach him, they almost do impeach him in his first year as Governor..."

The Life and Times of #HueyPLong

with #RobertMann, author of #KingfishU: #HueyLong and #LSU

https://youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

#TheKingfish #Louisiana #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #USpol #books

#LettersAndPolitics

#Kingfish / #RandyNewman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt8