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One-Eyed Man by Larry L. King (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Is the state Texas and the governor Lyndon B. Johnson?. King denies it, arguing that there are equal parts of Huey Long, Herman Talmadge, and Alfalfa Bill Murray. But, as Erisman says in his foreword, “Blanton, in his wheeling and dealing, his crudities and profanity, his ruthlessness and his compassion, is a dead-on portrait of LBJ in full cry.”.

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PublisherTCU Press

ISBN-100875652360

ISBN-139780875652368

eBay Product ID (ePID)1763706

Product Key Features

Book TitleOne-Eyed Man

Number of Pages312 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicLiterary, Political

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorLarry L. King

Book SeriesTexas Tradition Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-062031

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number31

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisIn the 1960s when the Supreme Court rules that African Americans must be admitted to the university in an unnamed Southern state, Governor Cullie Blanton is about to run for re-election. One of his opponents is "Bayonet Bill" Wooster, an ex-marine general who bases his campaign on fear of racial integration, fear of Communists, and fear of the federal government; he presents himself as the leader in a holy war against the incumbent infidel. The other candidate is Poppa Posey, a former governor who raises hound dogs, quotes Shakespeare, and hopes to use Wooster's money to split support for Blanton. Only Blanton understands that integration is inevitable and that his task must be to make the transition as painless and bloodless as possible. That he fails may be due in part to his freewheeling, power-driven personality. But Blanton is also defeated by inertia, tradition, and demagoguery. He is, as he once describes himself, someone "who just got in the way of goddamn history." Is the state Texas and the governor Lyndon B. Johnson? King denies it, arguing that there are equal parts of Huey Long, Herman Talmadge, and Alfalfa Bill Murray. But, as Erisman says in his foreword, "Blanton, in his wheeling and dealing, his crudities and profanity, his ruthlessness and his compassion, is a dead-on portrait of LBJ in full cry." The One-Eyed Man presents a hauntingly clear picture of the 1960s in the South--the national grief over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the racial turmoil, the human dilemma faced by North and South alike. And it poses haunting questions for the reader: what separates the demagogue from the leader? What injustices are acceptable in the name of a larger justice? Who determines the greatest good for the greatest number?

LC Classification NumberPS3561.I48O54 2001