The Secrets of the Hopewell Box:: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age

by Jim Squires

Book Overview

Squires' . . . grandfather was a sheriff's deputy who carried a gun and a clenched fist, a man whose talk with cronies was full of references to 'sonofabitching judges' and 'goddamn n*****s.' He was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812924282
• ISBN13: 9780812924282
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating look at rough and tumble southern politics.

Jim Squires spins a wonderful memoir of his family and old time southern politics. From stolen ballot boxes to court room shenanigans in Nashville before it was the country music capitol. This book has a lot to offer; from the "Bubbas" and "Bubettes" of local politics to the war between Bobby Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa as it was fought out in a Nashville courtroom. Squires proves that truth can be more exciting than fiction