Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3
1 The Longs: A Political Family 11
2 Earl Kemp Long: A Political Life 25
3 Earl Long's First Full Term as Governor: 1948-1952 29
4 The 1951 Election 35
5 Peak Earl: 1956 39
6 The Eighth Congressional District Foreshadowing: 1958 43
7 Race, Rage, and Rainach 47
8 Uncle Earl's Very Public Fall 61
9 Running for Lieutenant Governor: 1959-1960 91
10 "I Would Rather Win and Die than Lose and Live": 1960 103
11 Uncle Earl's Last Hurrah 105
12 The Runoff Campaign: All In 147
13 In Uncle Earl's Wake 189
14 Louisiana Reacts 195
15 Louisiana Editorial Reactions to Earl Long's Death 201
16 National Editorial Reaction 205
17 Settling Uncle Earl's Estate 209
18 Memorializing Earl Kemp Long 223
Notes 245
Bibliography 275
Index 281