Day Huey Long Was Shot - Hardcover

Zinman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0839210248 ISBN 13: 9780839210245

Publisher: Astor-Honor Inc, 1963

Did the 29-year-old Baton Rouge physician gun down Louisiana's governor without a word-as his guards and other witnesses said? Or did he merely punch Long after a hot exchange of words? And a wild bullet from the guards' barrage that killed the doctor also took the 42-year-old Senator's life? Few events in Louisiana history have raised as many questions.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

...the republication of Zinman's book is a welcome event simply because he so skillfully recreates the insanity of Louisiana in 1935 ...Journalistic in style and tone. 'The Day Huey Long Was Shot,' is ultimately a fascinating examination of the insidious effects of a polarized body politic, and for that reason alone is an important work. -- Garry Boulard, New Orleans Times-Picayune

...this classic 1963 work of reporting has been reissued with a new afterword in which the author sifts through recently discovered evidence from the killing ...You can take any side and enjoy this book. If anything, it is better now than when it originally appeared. -- American Heritage

Though Zinman's revised book remains inconclusive, it's also a fascinating document about one of the most bizarre and mysterious incidents in American political history. It is as close to definitive as we are likely to come. -- Herman Trotter, The Buffalo News

Zinman writes with skill, and his prose is enlivened with an obvious personal interest in the subject. His interviews are excellent, and he has an even-handed objective reporter's approach that lends veracity to the book. -- Anne Price, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.