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Of Goats & Governors : Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political Stories.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montgomery : NewSouth Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603063654
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Of Goats & Governors : Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political StoriesOnline resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Brief Introduction to Alabama Politics -- Part I - Governors -- 1 - James E. Folsom Sr. -- 2 - John Patterson -- 3 - George Wallace -- 4 - Lurleen Wallace -- 5 - Albert Brewer -- 6 - Other Governors -- Fob James and the 1978 Governor's Race -- Guy Hunt -- Jim Folsom Jr. -- Don Siegelman -- Bob Riley -- Robert Bentley -- 7 - Two Who Never Made It -- Baxley and Hubbert -- Bill Baxley -- Paul Ray Hubbert -- 8 - And Frank Johnson: The 'Real Governor' of Alabama -- Part II - Congressmen and Senators -- 9 - Alabama's Three Greatest Senators -- 10 - Others in Alabama's Congressional Delegation -- 11 - Howell Heflin -- Part III - Legislators -- 12 - South Alabama Legislators -- 13 - North Alabama Legislators -- 14 - Alabama Political Lore -- Two More Well-Known Chief Justices -- Other Offices and Stories -- 15 - My Favorite Political Jokes -- Index -- About the Author.
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Few states have as colorful a political history as Alabama, especially in the post-World War II era. During the past six decades, the state played a central role in the civil rights movement, largely moved away from its earlier farm-based economy and culture, and transitioned from a relatively moderate-progressive Democratic Party politics to today's hard-core conservative Republican Party domination. Moving onto and off Alabama's electoral stage during all these transformations have been some of the most interesting figures in 20th-century American government and politics. Swirling around these elected officials in the Heart of Dixie are stories, legends, and jokes that are told and retold by political insiders, journalists, and scholars who follow the goings-on in Washington and Montgomery. In Alabama, it seems, politics is not only a blood sport but high entertainment. There could be no better guide to this colorful history than political columnist and commentator Steve Flowers.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Brief Introduction to Alabama Politics -- Part I - Governors -- 1 - James E. Folsom Sr. -- 2 - John Patterson -- 3 - George Wallace -- 4 - Lurleen Wallace -- 5 - Albert Brewer -- 6 - Other Governors -- Fob James and the 1978 Governor's Race -- Guy Hunt -- Jim Folsom Jr. -- Don Siegelman -- Bob Riley -- Robert Bentley -- 7 - Two Who Never Made It -- Baxley and Hubbert -- Bill Baxley -- Paul Ray Hubbert -- 8 - And Frank Johnson: The 'Real Governor' of Alabama -- Part II - Congressmen and Senators -- 9 - Alabama's Three Greatest Senators -- 10 - Others in Alabama's Congressional Delegation -- 11 - Howell Heflin -- Part III - Legislators -- 12 - South Alabama Legislators -- 13 - North Alabama Legislators -- 14 - Alabama Political Lore -- Two More Well-Known Chief Justices -- Other Offices and Stories -- 15 - My Favorite Political Jokes -- Index -- About the Author.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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