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With Edwards in the Governor's Mansion

Author : Forest C. Hammond
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1455616265
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book With Edwards in the Governor's Mansion written by Forest C. Hammond and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1973, the high school football star Forest Hammond traded his gear for cuffs, entering the Baton Rouge Parish Prison after being caught up in a situation gone wrong. The course of this young man's promising life changed with one mistake: the football hero with the athletic scholarship overestimated himself. In an attempt to dissolve a violent situation, he failed and became entangled in a violent crime leading to a prison sentence for murder. Saint, as he was known, went on to serve time in Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country. His mistake would cost him nine years. His shot at a shorter sentence came after learning about a program allowing him to work as a servant in the governor's mansion in exchange for a possible chance at freedom. After serving as a butler for Gov. Edwin W. Edwards for years, he obtained the coveted gold letter of pardon. His experiences in Angola and the mansion greatly affected him and changed the direction of his life. His story is both cautionary and inspirational, while exposing an outdated custom that is even now in the headlines as controversial.

Governors' Mansions of the Midwest

Author : Ann Liberman
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826214782
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Governors' Mansions of the Midwest written by Ann Liberman and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Governors' Mansions of the Midwest" explores the history of 12 prominent mansions in the Midwest. Liberman focuses on architectural history, from the houses' construction to various alterations made by later occupants to renovations of recent years.

Our Governors' Mansions

Author : Cathy Keating
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Our Governors' Mansions written by Cathy Keating and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glossy color photographs lavishly depict the residences of the governors of 44 states (six states do not have governor's mansions). Each state's mansion receives its own section picturing public and private rooms, exterior and grounds, and artworks and furnishings within. Text combines architectural description and attention to interior decoration with historical anecdotes and occasional reference to the lives of the residents; Keating, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma, assures us in her introduction that "First Families are people, too."Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Old Charleston Originals

Author : Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625842058
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Old Charleston Originals written by Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Charleston Originals by prolific local author Margaret Eastman revives stories from the Holy City's incredible past. Preserved within these pages are tales from the swashbuckling early settlers, tales of the exclusive events thrown by Jockey Club, and the rise and fall of the maritime empire of George Alfred Trenholm, considered the inspiration for the legendary blockade runner Rhett Butler. Discover what caused a near massacre in the state house, how two determined Charleston ladies stopped a bulldozer, why a plantation home to be floated down the Cooper River and many more stories from Charleston's past.

Louisiana Governors

Author : Walter Greaves Cowan
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604733209
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Louisiana Governors written by Walter Greaves Cowan and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Greaves Cowan and Jack B. McGuire, veteran authorities on the Louisiana political scene, trace the history of the state's leaders from the French and Spanish colonial eras to the present day. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews with the recent governors, they describe unforgettable personalities. Such early figures as Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville set the tone for later colonial governors. They had their troubles, fending off protesting Indians and other French and Spanish leaders vying for power. Following the Louisiana Purchase, American politics took control. The Whigs, Know Nothings, Republicans, and Democrats have all waxed and waned through times of slavery, secession, suffrage, and segregation. The early twentieth century saw the rise of Huey P. Long, who established himself as a virtual dictator. An assassin's bullet ended Long's life in 1935, but his followers managed to hold on to the governorship until 1940. In 1948 his brother, Earl Long, brought the family back into power. Over the years, two governors were impeached but were not removed from office, and two governors were jailed in federal prison. The experiences, decisions, and conflicts of Louisiana governors have reflected and influenced the history of the state, often in dramatic and fascinating ways.

The One Hundred Years of the Old Governors' Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1838-1938

Author : Leola Selman Beeson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The One Hundred Years of the Old Governors' Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1838-1938 written by Leola Selman Beeson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mackerels in the Moonlight

Author : Gerald Leinwand
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786418459
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Mackerels in the Moonlight written by Gerald Leinwand and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-08-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political corruption is easy to define--the use of public office for private gain--but it isn't so readily seen because politicians cover their tracks so well. Four of America's most corrupt mayors and their shady dealings are covered in this work. "Big Bill" Thompson, who was mayor of Chicago three times, is considered America's worst mayor, having, among other questionable activities, accepted support from gangster Al Capone. Frank Hague of Jersey City described his town as the "moralest city in the nation" and banished prostitution and pornography, but he saw no evil in gambling and Jersey City became a gambling mecca. Jimmy Walker of New York City was a "good time" mayor and did well as the city prospered, but cared little for the city's money and his own when the Great Depression struck. James Michael Curley of Boston openly asserted that "politics is my business," but he flaunted a lavish home built entirely at the public's expense and was elected again and again, once while he was still in jail.

Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783

Author : Hoke P. Kimball
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786470518
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783 written by Hoke P. Kimball and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.

Independent Nation

Author : John Avlon
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 140008072X
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Independent Nation written by John Avlon and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-02-24 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty percent of American voters define themselves as political moderates, two-thirds favor political solutions that come from the center of the political spectrum, and Independents outnumber both Democrats and Republicans. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush each explicitly used Centrist strategies to win the White House—and twenty-first-century candidates will be compelled to do the same. Independent Nation documents the rich history of the defining political movement of our time. Organized as a series of short and colorful political biographies, it offers an insightful and engaging analysis of the successes and failures of key Centrist leaders throughout the twentieth century. In the process, it demonstrates that Centrism is not only a winning political strategy but an enlightened governing philosophy that best reflects the will of the people by putting patriotism ahead of partisanship and the national interest ahead of special interests.

Nashville Interiors, 1866 to 1922

Author : Amelia Whitsitt Edwards
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738502205
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Nashville Interiors, 1866 to 1922 written by Amelia Whitsitt Edwards and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few places in the country can boast the extraordinary historic architecture possessed by Nashville, a remarkable hybrid city integrating both New South commerce with Old South charm and traditions. During the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, many affluent families, including governors, statesmen, and presidents, built luxurious homes in many different revival styles of architecture such as Gothic Revival, Renaissance Revival, Greek Revival, and Colonial Revival. Since that time, residents and countless visitors to Nashville alike have enjoyed their dramatic and imposing exteriors. In this volume, you are given a special opportunity to walk into these homes and explore their fascinating interiors as they appeared from 1866 to 1920. Nashville Interiors: 1866 to 1920 provides valuable insight into the tastes and needs of the families who lived in these historic homes, from their formal parlors and gardens to their private dining rooms and bedrooms. Within these pages, the capital city's most famous country homes, such as Belmont Mansion, Belle Meade Plantation, and the Hermitage, and a wide assortment of city dwellings, boarding schools, hotels, and businesses again open their doors, allowing today's viewer a rare, intimate glimpse into their past.

Prison Capital

Author : Lydia Pelot-Hobbs
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469675129
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Prison Capital written by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year between 1998 to 2020 except one, Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the nation and thus the world. This is the first detailed account of Louisiana's unprecedented turn to mass incarceration from 1970 to 2020. Through extensive research, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs illuminates how policy makers enlarged Louisiana's carceral infrastructures with new prisons and jail expansions alongside the bulking up of police and prosecutorial power. At the same time, these infrastructures were the products of multiscalar crises: the swings of global oil capitalism, liberal federal court and policy interventions, the rise of neoliberal governance and law-and-order austerity, and racist and patriarchal moral panics surrounding "crime." However, these crises have also created fertile space for anticarceral social movements. From incarcerated people filing conditions of confinement lawsuits and Angola activists challenging life without parole to grassroots organizers struggling to shrink the New Orleans jail following Hurricane Katrina and LGBTQ youth of color organizing against police sexual violence, grassroots movements stretch us toward new geographies of freedom in the lineage of abolition democracy. Understanding Louisiana's carceral crisis extends our understanding of the interplay between the crises of mass criminalization and racial capitalism while highlighting the conditions of possibility for dismantling carceral power in all its forms.

Four Years in the Governor's Mansion of Virginia

Author : Etta Donnan Mann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Years in the Governor's Mansion of Virginia written by Etta Donnan Mann and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Governor's Shadow

Author : Carol O'Keefe Wilson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574415530
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book In the Governor's Shadow written by Carol O'Keefe Wilson and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915 Governor James Ferguson began his term in Texas bolstered by a wave of voter enthusiasm and legislative cooperation so great that few Texans anticipated anything short of a successful administration. The inexperienced politician had overcome an underprivileged childhood through the sheer force of his intellect and hard work and had proven himself a capable leader . . . or so it seemed. He had beaten the odds imposed by his inexperience when he successfully launched a campaign based on two key elements: his appeal to the rural constituency and a temporary hiatus from the effects of the continuous Prohibition debate. In reality, Jim Ferguson had shrewdly sold a well-crafted image of himself to Texas voters, an image of pseudo-neutrality, astuteness, and prosperity that was almost entirely false. The new governor was “in over his head” from the moment he took office, carrying to that post a bevy of closely guarded secrets about his personal finances, his business acumen, his relationship with Texas brewers, and his volatile personality. Those secrets, once unraveled, gave clearance to an investigation of his affairs and ultimately led to charges brought against Governor Ferguson via impeachment. Refusing to acknowledge the judgment against him, Ferguson launched a crusade for regained power and vindication that encompassed more than two decades. In 1925 he reclaimed a level of political influence and doubled the Ferguson presence in Austin when he assisted his wife, Miriam, in a successful bid for the governorship. That bid had been based largely on a plea for exoneration, but it was soon obvious that the couple’s attempts to clear the family name did not include running a scandal-free administration. Merging a love of local history with the advantages of being a Bell County native and a seasoned auditor, Carol O’Keefe Wilson has gathered and dissected financial statements, documents in evidence, trial testimony, newspaper accounts, and other source material to expose a life story based largely on deceit. In the Governor’s Shadow unravels this complex tale, exposing the shocking depth of the Fergusons’ misconduct. Often using the Fergusons’ own words, Wilson weaves together the incontestable evidence that most of the claims that Jim Ferguson made during his life regarding his conduct, intentions, achievements, and abilities, were patently false. The existence and scope of that dishonestly was, without question, the very root of the controversy that will forever cloud the Ferguson legacy.

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

Author : Michael Nelson
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807135372
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book How the South Joined the Gambling Nation written by Michael Nelson and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national map of legalized gambling from 1963 would show one state, Nevada, with casino gambling and no states with lotteries. Today's map shows eleven commercial casino states, most of them along the Mississippi River, forty-two states with state-owned lotteries, and racetrack betting, slot-machine parlors, charitable bingo, and Native American gambling halls flourishing throughout the nation. For the past twenty years, the South has wrestled with gambling issues. In How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason examine how modern southern state governments have decided whether to adopt or prohibit casinos and lotteries. Nelson and Mason point out that although the South participated fully in past gambling eras, it is the last region to join the modern movement embracing legalized gambling. Despite the prevalence of wistful, romantic images of gambling on southern riverboats, the politically and religiously conservative ideology of the modern South makes it difficult for states to toss their chips into the pot. The authors tell the story of the arrival or rejection of legalized gambling in seven southern states -- Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, and Alabama. The authors suggest that some states chose to legalize gambling based on the examples of other nearby states, as when Mississippi casinos spurred casino legalization in Louisiana and the Georgia lottery inspired lottery campaigns in neighboring South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Also important was the influence of Democratic policy entrepreneurs, such as Zell Miller in Georgia, Don Siegelman in Alabama, and Edwin Edwards in Louisiana, who wanted to sell the idea of gambling in order to sell themselves to voters. At the same time, each state had its own idiosyncrasies, such as certain provisions of their state constitutions weighing heavily as a factor. Nelson and Mason show that the story of gambling's spread in the South exemplifies the process of state policy innovation. In exploring how southern states have weighed the moral and economic risk of legalizing gambling, especially the political controversies that surround these discussions, Nelson and Mason employ a suspenseful, fast-paced narrative that echoes the oftentimes hurried decisions made by state legislators. Although each of these seven states fought a unique battle over gambling, taken together, these case studies help tell the larger story of how the South -- sometimes reluctantly, sometimes enthusiastically -- decided to join the gambling nation.

The People's House

Author : Thomas D. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The People's House written by Thomas D. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The People's House: Governor's Mansions of Kentucky, Dr. Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's historian laureate, and Margaret A. Lane paint a vivid portrait of the life inside the mansions' bricks and mortar. They examine the accomplishments and failures of their residents, the ideas and influences that have grown up within their walls, and the births, deaths, marriages, and celebrations that have brought life to the homes. Complete with over two hundred color and black and white photographs and illustrations, many of them quite rare, this only account of Kentucky governor's mansions offers a unique glimpse inside the buildings that have been respected, revered, and used by the state's leaders for two centuries.

Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri

Author : Howard Louis Conard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri written by Howard Louis Conard and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Louisiana Governors

Author : Joseph G. Dawson III
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807115275
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Louisiana Governors written by Joseph G. Dawson III and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Louisiana Governors is a one-volume reference work on the diverse, frequently colorful leaders of Louisiana since the eighteenth century. From Iberville to Edwards, this biographical directory provides a comprehensive look into the lives of sixty-six men who have wielded their political power in molding the history of the state. Joseph G. Dawson’s introduction sets the stage for this knowledgeable look at Louisiana’s governors by examining the historical evolution of the governorship over the past three centuries. Dawson focuses not only on the evolution of the office but also on the dominant personalities who have served it and the ever changing constitutions that have guided it. For the first time, students of Louisiana history will have at their disposal a chronological compilation of scholarly essays on the lives of the men who have served at Louisiana’s chief executive. Providing first a short biographical sketch of the governor under consideration, each essay includes an analytical discussion of the governor’s administration and of his role in the state’s history. A bibliography pertaining to the governor and his era follows each essay. The Louisiana Governors describes in rich detail the influence of French and Spanish colonial governors on Louisiana’s leaders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The rivalry that now exists between the chief executive and the legislature, as well as the factionalism that has surfaced in the political system, is directly rooted in the state’s colonial past. It has been said that Louisianians like their politicians like their food—hot and spicy. They have not been disappointed. From the Lemoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, of the French colonial era, to the Long brothers, Huey and Earl, of the twentieth century, Louisiana’s governors have attracted ardent loyalty and vigorous criticism simultaneously. They have been hailed by critics as dictators, political mavericks, puppets, and even rubber-stamp governors. But whether weak or powerful, charismatic or unimposing, these men have braved controversy and political turmoil to create a governorship steeped in tradition.