University of Minnesota Press, 1991 Paper: 978-0-8166-1897-2 Library of Congress Classification E748.H945A3 1991 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.923092
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Day of Waiting
BOOK ONE
“In the Middle of This Great Big Continent”
1
Prairie Land, Prairie People
2
Never a Pill without an Idea
3
The Banks Closed Early
4
The Loss of Home
5
“Don't Ever Admit That You Don't Know How to Dance”
6
Eating Mistakes
7
Pills, Hogtone, and Nose Drops
8
“Together We Can Do Things”
9
With Dad's Blessings, with Muriel's Bounty
10
Into Huey Long's South
11
“I've Got a Job Now, and I'm Paying Taxes”
12
“We're Trying to Find a Candidate for Mayor”
13
“We Must Unite”
14
I'm the Mayor
15
“Why Would Anyone Shoot at Me?”
16
Bringing a Party Together
17
The Bright Sunshine of Human Rights
BOOK TWO
On the Banks of the Potomac
18
My Principles Offended, My Personality Enraged
19
Compromise Is Not a Dirty Word
20
Tolerance If Not Affection
21
Three Wise Men
22
“Quit Fooling Around with People You Can't Depend On”