When Hell Froze over: The Untold Story of Doug Wilder : A Black Politician's Rise to Power in the South

By Dwayne Yancey

Book Overview

Doug Wilder's story is one even a Hollywood scriptwriter would be hardpressed to imagine: A black candidate, given up for dead by many in his own party, wins election in the south, partly on the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878336702
• ISBN13: 9780878336708
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great reporting about a historic campaign

Doug Wilder is still the only African-American to ever be elected governor of a state. And he did so in a conservative southern state as a Democrat. The foundation for that historic governors race was put in place in the mid 1980s when Doug Wilder ran an upstart, grassroots campaign that shocked the state. This book documents that lieutenant governor's race and does it well.. it can be enjoyed by political junkies and lovers of biographies equally. in fact it is simply a good story that is a good read. There probably needs to be a folllow up book now that Governor Wilder held office for four years, ran a brief presidental race and in his 70s decided to be the first full-time Mayor of crime ridden Richmond, Virginia. This book tells an important story about an interesting campaign.