Cas Walker : Stories on His Life and Legend /

"In collaboration with Dr. Ernest Freeberg, Josh Hodge has collected, transcribed, and converted a sequence of oral interviews into a manuscript of stories on the famous, and infamous, Cas Walker (1902-1998)--politician, businessman, music producer, and Knoxville legend. Hodge spent the majorit...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hodge, Joshua S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Walker, Cas.
Politicians.
Businessmen.
Hommes d'affaires > Tennessee > Knoxville > Biographies.
Hommes politiques > Tennessee > Knoxville > Biographies.
Businessmen > Tennessee > Knoxville > Biography.
Politicians > Tennessee > Knoxville > Biography.
Tennessee > Knoxville.
Knoxville (Tenn.) > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Cas Walker, Knoxville, and the American century
  • "I never did try to act better than anybody": scenes from Cas Walker's early life
  • "if I'd thought of a few more things, I'd have stooped a little lower": selling groceries
  • "Digger O'Dell-buried alive"
  • "I work for Cas Walker"
  • "The guy literally was everywhere": a pioneer of radio and tv
  • "Cash" Walker, benefactor
  • Bare-knuckle politics
  • Cas on communism and civil rights
  • "The ole coon hunter"
  • The watchdog: "The unvarnished naked truth that can be backed up in court"
  • Troubles
  • Epilogue: The legacy of Cas Walker.

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