The Wild Man from Sugar Creek: The Political Career of Eugene Talmadge

Type

Book

Authors

William Anderson

ISBN 10

0807100889

Tags

United States, Political, State & Local

Description

How and where it all began -- "She's a real Skinner!" -- "The nigger who came to town" -- "Papa, we have beat them to death" -- "Yeah, it's true. I stole, but I stole for you." -- The wild man from Sugar Creek -- "I love a fight" -- "Country folks don't believe in germs" -- Roosevelt and Talmadge -- Roosevelt or Talmadge -- "Runnin' for president ain't like runnin' for sheriff" -- Treasurer Talmadge -- Gene and Junior -- "Sold out" -- "I'm a minor dictator" -- "One hell of an incident" -- "The Negro's place is at the back door with his hat in hand" -- The Negro's second emancipation -- God Almighty, Sears Roebuck, and Gene Talmadge -- "It ain't nothin' but a little old bleedin' vein".

Biblio Notes

Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 255-262.

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