The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene - Softcover

Hutchins, Corey; Axe, David; Delliquanti, Blue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786474297 ISBN 13: 9780786474295

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2013

Synopsis

In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography charges, spent a significant portion of his life's savings on the filing fee to run for U.S. Senate in the Democratic primary to challenge incumbent tea party kingmaker Jim Demint.<br> Alvin Greene didn't campaign, didn't even have a website and no one knew who he was. Until he won.

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Review:

"Long-form journalism meets sequential art in this startling and informative investigation of South Carolina politics. This is an important story that deserves wide reader attention"--Booklist; "I really like Blue Delliquanti's open art and friendly figures...her faces are key to making the cast seem like real people...this graphic novel is a fun way to relive this oddity of political history"--Comics Worth Reading.

About the Author:

<strong>Corey Hutchins</strong>, a reporter for the Columbia Free Times, is the South Carolina Press Association’s 2012 journalist of the year. <br><br> <strong>David Axe</strong> is a freelance reporter based in Columbia, South Carolina, and the author of the graphic novel <em>War is Boring</em>. <br><br> <strong>Blue Delliquanti</strong> is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Atlanta and the creator of the graphic novel <em>O Human Star</em>.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0786474297
• ISBN 13: 9780786474295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128