Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966, Democrat G. V. -Sonny- Montgomery represented Mississippi's Third District in Congress for fifteen terms, serving under seven presidents. Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran's Champion, his autobiography, renders a very personal history of nearly forty years in public life.

Advocacy for veterans, the lodestar of his career, came from personal experience and conviction. In 1945, he helped capture a German machine gun nest and earned the Bronze Star Medal for Valor. With self-effacing humility...

Using gentle humor, some 450 visuals, and debate drawn from actual legislative events, the late U.S. Congressman G. V. -Sonny- Montgomery helps readers relive the Montgomery GI Bill's 1987 enactment, while learning each step of the way.

Across the Aisle's extensive illustrative material brings the legislative process alive, as readers travel the historic legislative road with Congressman Montgomery himself as escort, storyteller, mentor, and colleague

Congressman Montgomery served his Mississippi constituents for thirty years. Twenty-eight of those years included service on the...