General & Miscellaneous Religious Biography, U.S. Politics & Government - 20th Century, Economic Policies in the United States, 20th Century American History - Politics & Government - 1900-1945, 20th Century American History - Social Aspects - General & M
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Overview
This is a book about two remarkable men-Huey P. Long, a first-term United States Senator from the red-clay, piney woods country of northern Louisiana; and Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest from an industrial suburb near Detroit. From modest origins, they rose together in the early years of the Great Depression to become the two most successful leaders of national political dissidence of their era.The study of two demagogues, whose vast popularity explains much about Depression-era America.
Book Details
Published
June 16, 1982
Publisher
New York : Knopf, 1982.
Pages
348
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394522418