Patterson for Alabama : the life and career of John Patterson /

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Allowed by the Democratic Party to take his father's place and to complete the elder's goal of cleaning up corruption in his hometown of Phenix City, John Patterson made a young, attractive, and sympathetic candidate. This book details his efforts to clean up his hometown and oppose corrup...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Howard, Gene L., 1940-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008.
Sujets:
Patterson, John, > 1921 September 27-2021.
Patterson, John, > 1921 September 27-2021
Since 1900
Governors > Alabama > Biography.
Lawyers > Alabama > Biography.
Judges > Alabama > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Alabama > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Governors
Judges
Lawyers
Politics and government
Social conditions
Alabama > Politics and government > 1951-
Alabama > Social conditions > 20th century.
Phenix City (Ala.) > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Biography.
Alabama > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Alabama > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Alabama > Biographies.
Alabama
Alabama > Phenix City
Computer network resources.
Biographies
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Looking for a Rainbow in Phenix City; 2. From El Guettar to the University; 3. Praying the Devil Out of Town; 4. The RBA Challenges the Gangsters; 5. Albert Patterson Beats the Mob; 6. Assassins Make a Politician of John Patterson; 7. Trying His Father's Murderers; 8. Bankrupting the Loan Sharks; 9. Playing Cops and Robbers with the Folsomites; 10. Patterson Sets His Sights on Integration; 11. The Montgomery Bus Boycott Changes Alabama Forever; 12. Nobody but the People; 13. Alabama Elects a Boy Governor; 14. Trying to Build a "Better Alabama."

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