Louisiana Hayride, The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship

By Harnett T. Kane

Book Overview

A lively free-hitting narrative . . . written with a proper appreciation of the grotesque humor of many of its episodes . . . but also with the proper appreciation of the political significance . . .... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B003VZTRQO
• Release Date: January 1941
• Publisher: William Morrow and Co.
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A helpful history of post-Huey Long Louisiana.

While the author's virulent anti-Long bias is evident throughout the book, Long himself disappears after the first hundred or so pages. This book is most valuable in providing an explanation of what happened in Louisiana after Long's death, i.e. how the men he surrounded himself with were unable to build on his legacy (due mainly to their own criminal natures). Read against T. Harry Williams' "Huey Long," a balanced picture of the man would probably emerge.