Kingfish U: Huey Long and Lsu

by Robert Mann

No political leader is more closely identified with Louisiana State University than the flamboyant governor and U.S. senator Huey P. Long, who devoted his last years to turning a small, undistinguished state school into an academic and football powerhouse. From 1931, when Long declared himself the "official thief" for LSU, to his death in 1935, the school's budget mushroomed, its physical plant burgeoned, its faculty flourished, and its enrollment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807179523
• ISBN13: 9780807179529
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"