Hattie and Huey whisks us back to hot afternoons and dusty roads of Depression America to take us through a series of political events that lasted only eight days. But for Arkansas--and for the South--this week and a day grew into one of those legends of folklore. In 1932 Huey P. Long came to the state to help elect his seatmate, Hattie Caraway, to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate. The campaign was unprecedented and impossible, but it happened. And she won--the first woman in U.S history to be elected to a full six-year term in the Senate.
Hattie and Huey whisks us back to hot afternoons and dusty roads of Depression America to take us through a series of political events that lasted onl...
Winner of the 2006 Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the 2004 Ragsdale Award.
Sidney Sanders McMath was a pivotal figure not only in Arkansas history but in the history of the Democratic Party and of American law. Still vibrant and engaged in his nineties, he sets out his story in full for the first time: how he rose and fell in public office, and rose again as a lawyer seeking justice for ordinary people.
McMath divides his story into four parts. In the first, he describes how his early life in rural Arkansas sparked his commitment to people. The second section describes his...
Winner of the 2006 Booker Worthen Literary Prize and the 2004 Ragsdale Award.
Sidney Sanders McMath was a pivotal figure not only in Arkansas...
This title examines politics and government in the Natural State. "Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government" brings together in one volume some of the best available scholarly research, both new and not so new, on a wide range of topics and issues of interest to students of politics and government in the Natural State. The twenty-one articles are arranged in four sections, ranging from the state's socioeconomic and political context to the workings of its policymaking institutions and the key policy puzzles facing the state in the early twenty-first century. Some of the topics covered...
This title examines politics and government in the Natural State. "Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government" brings together in one volume some of...
This title examines politics and government in the Natural State. "Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government" brings together in one volume some of the best available scholarly research, both new and not so new, on a wide range of topics and issues of interest to students of politics and government in the Natural State. The twenty-one articles are arranged in four sections, ranging from the state's socioeconomic and political context to the workings of its policymaking institutions and the key policy puzzles facing the state in the early twenty-first century. Some of the topics covered...
This title examines politics and government in the Natural State. "Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government" brings together in one volume some of...
David Pryor's career of public service is unparalleled in Arkansas history: he has been elected state representative, congressman, governor, and, alongside Dale Bumpers, US senator (1979-1997). This book addresses Pryor's curiosity, compassion, and concern for ordinary Americans that draw the reader from one colorful vignette to another.
David Pryor's career of public service is unparalleled in Arkansas history: he has been elected state representative, congressman, governor, and, alon...
