Nobody But the People: The Life and Times of Alabama's Youngest Governor

by Warren A. Trest

Book Overview

In this first authorized biography of former Alabama Governor John Patterson, historian Warren Trest offers new insights and rich details into the life of a significant Southern politician whose career touched some of the key struggles of the twentieth-century civil rights movement. Patterson later recanted his segregationist views and went on to become a widely respected judge, but as governor from 1958-62, he led Alabama into full white-supremacist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588382214
• ISBN13: 9781588382214
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"