{"product_id":"huey-long-harry-williams","title":"Huey Long [Harry Williams]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Visionary] [Socialist] [Assassinated]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuey Long\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Books, NY. 1981. First Vintage paperback edition. Uniform yellowing to text block. Some creasing to the spine, a tiny bit of delamination on the rear cover, a few minor ding to front cover. A very good copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this work describes the life of one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history. Huey Long was a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck Southern politico, and yet had become at the time of his assassination a serious rival to Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presidency. In this \"masterpiece of American biography\" [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e], Huey Long stands wholly revealed, analyzed, and understood.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book shreds, it's like some anti-matter universe version of \"The Power Broker\". While I think that Huey Long re-entered the Zeitgeist through that pay to win video game \"World of Tanks\", he's really a deeply fascinating individual, representing a certain kind of \"Black Swan\" political event that can and may yet again happen in US politics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Why weep or slumber America?\u003cbr\u003eLand of brave and true\u003cbr\u003eWith castles, and clothing, and food for all\u003cbr\u003eAll belongs to you\u003cbr\u003eEvery man a king! Every man a king!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alarum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48946917572916,"sku":null,"price":19.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/4895\/3652\/files\/PXL_20251109_210140669_2.jpg?v=1763221517","url":"https:\/\/alarumbooks.com\/products\/huey-long-harry-williams","provider":"Alarum Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}