Reinhard H Luthin

The Story of Huey Long, the Louisiana Kingfish Reinhard H Luthin

Originally published as a section of the author's larger "American Demagogues: Twentieth Century" (1954), this paperback edition explores the career of Huey Long, the governor and senator who was destined to become the most adroit manipulator of crowds in the turbulent history of southern demagoguery, dictator of Louisiana, and the only Dixie political figure to command a popular following in the North since Andrew Jackson. During the early 1930s he exhorted his fellow citizens to "share our wealth" and make "every man a king" with himself as the "Kingfish." They flocked to his banner and waited for him to lead them to his Promised Land. Shortly after announcing his plans to run for President, he was assassinated. About the AuthorHistorian Reinhard H. Luthin (1905-1962) was a frequent contributor to The American Scholar, The American Historical Review, The Political Science Quarterly and other journals. A former fellow in history at Duke University and former member of the history faculty at Columbia University, he was Fulbright Professor of American and European history at the University of Dacca, Pakistan, and a visiting lecturer at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Other works include The Real Abraham Lincoln and The First Lincoln Campaign.