Huey Long

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the National Book Award


He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history—a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck Southern politico, and yet had become at the time of his assassination a serious rival to FDR. In this "masterpiece of American biography" (New York Times Book Review), Huey Long stands wholly revealed, analyzed, and understood.

"A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful, as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics." —The Washington Post
  • WINNER | 1970
    National Book Awards
  • WINNER | 1970
    Pulitzer Prize
T. Harry Williams was born in Vinegar Hill, Illinois, in 1909. He taught at the universities of Wisconsin, Omaha, and West Virginia before becoming Professor of History of Louisiana State University, and was the author of many books on military and political history. The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established at Louisiana State University in 1992. View titles by T. Harry Williams

About

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the National Book Award


He was one of the most extraordinary figures in American political history—a great natural politician who looked, and often seemed to behave, like a caricature of the red-neck Southern politico, and yet had become at the time of his assassination a serious rival to FDR. In this "masterpiece of American biography" (New York Times Book Review), Huey Long stands wholly revealed, analyzed, and understood.

"A brilliant, bawdy, unforgettable picture of the most colorful, as well as the most dangerous man to engage in American politics." —The Washington Post

Awards

  • WINNER | 1970
    National Book Awards
  • WINNER | 1970
    Pulitzer Prize

Author

T. Harry Williams was born in Vinegar Hill, Illinois, in 1909. He taught at the universities of Wisconsin, Omaha, and West Virginia before becoming Professor of History of Louisiana State University, and was the author of many books on military and political history. The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established at Louisiana State University in 1992. View titles by T. Harry Williams