The Little Mans Big Friend: James E. Folsom in Alabama Politics, 1946-1958

by George Sims and George Sims

Examines the political career of Alabama's "Big Jim" Folsom

At the end of World War II changing economic and social forces transformed the lives of Alabamians, whose political leaders had built careers on localistic politics shaped by established economic and governmental interests. Into this context strolled "Big Jim"--six feet eight inches tall--with his corn-shuck mop, wooden suds bucket, and a promise to scrub out the Capitol...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817312315
• ISBN13: 9780817312312
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"