Huey Long: His Life in Photos, Drawings, and Cartoons

by Garry Boulard

also for the personality that reshaped ouisiana's political history. Images from Huey Long's early life show a serious, well-groomed young man setting off to earn a living from among the stateis poorer constituents. His political fortunes continued to grow, beginning with completing a three-year law-school program at Tulane in only two years, eventually culminating in his embrace of the entire state with his policies that gave him the public support to win a seat in the United States Senate. Long became a national celebrity before he was a national political figure. Images from the time of his rise to power show him engaged in all kinds of activities, including, of course, stump speeches, but also singing, demonstrating the best way to consume potlikker, and smiling in the company of politicians and constituents. Editorial cartoonists from the beginning of Long's career to the end, had a field day with Longis flamboyance and his "every man a king" policies. Huey Long: His Life in Photos, Drawings, and Cartoons is the scrapbook of an all-American man from rags to riches and of his sudden, sad end.

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003