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  1. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  2. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  3. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  4. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  5. "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

    lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/je
    #HueyPLong #UShistory #AmericanHistory #SouthernHistory #populism #TheKingfish #books @bookstodon

  6. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

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

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  7. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

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

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  8. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

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

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  9. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

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

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  10. "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

    youtu.be/GM7fb_nVqCg

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

    #LettersAndPolitics

    #Kingfish / #RandyNewman
    youtube.com/watch?v=riOxEDVfkt

  11. REVIEW: Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo employ Southern rock to interrogate the South's legacy of white supremacy -- and to champion its resiliency. With heavy grooves and radical politics, Register and Meltdown Rodeo resist tired stereotypes and forge a path to solidarity.

    rainbowrodeomag.com/review-kym

    #QueerCountry #Americana #IBelieveInABettersouth #SouthernHistory #AmericanSouth #IndieRock #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusic #TransMusic

  12. A NEW HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage (a Ferris and Ferris Book) is available for preorder and on sale 5/2/23 wherever ebooks and books are sold. uncpress.org/book/978146962665
    #southernhistory #twitterstorians

  13. #Question: If you were to assign or recommend one #book about/from the US #South, what would it be and why? Asking partially out of curiosity and partially to get the wheels turning for a syllabus.

    #syllabus #SouthernStudies #SouthernLit #SouthernHistory #AmericanStudies #AmericanLit #AcademicChatter #Books #Bookstodon #SyllabusPrep

  14. #Question: If you were to assign or recommend one #book about/from the US #South, what would it be and why? Asking partially out of curiosity and partially to get the wheels turning for a syllabus.

    #syllabus #SouthernStudies #SouthernLit #SouthernHistory #AmericanStudies #AmericanLit #AcademicChatter #Books #Bookstodon #SyllabusPrep

  15. #Question: If you were to assign or recommend one #book about/from the US #South, what would it be and why? Asking partially out of curiosity and partially to get the wheels turning for a syllabus.

    #syllabus #SouthernStudies #SouthernLit #SouthernHistory #AmericanStudies #AmericanLit #AcademicChatter #Books #Bookstodon #SyllabusPrep

  16. #Question: If you were to assign or recommend one #book about/from the US #South, what would it be and why? Asking partially out of curiosity and partially to get the wheels turning for a syllabus.

    #syllabus #SouthernStudies #SouthernLit #SouthernHistory #AmericanStudies #AmericanLit #AcademicChatter #Books #Bookstodon #SyllabusPrep

  17. #Question: If you were to assign or recommend one #book about/from the US #South, what would it be and why? Asking partially out of curiosity and partially to get the wheels turning for a syllabus.

    #syllabus #SouthernStudies #SouthernLit #SouthernHistory #AmericanStudies #AmericanLit #AcademicChatter #Books #Bookstodon #SyllabusPrep