NOBODY BUT THE PEOPLE; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALABAMA'S YOUNGEST GOVERNOR. [Biography of Alabama 44th Governor John M. Patterson.]

Trest, Warren A. [Warren Alexander Trest], 1931-2017. [John Malcolm Patterson, 1921-2021.]

ISBN 10: 1588382214 / ISBN 13: 9781588382214

Published by Montgomery, AL; Louisville, KY: NewSouth Books [New South Books], 2008., 2008

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Presumed first edition (no edition/printing statement provided) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 496 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed with slight bumping/curling at edges. Dark gray spine with heel bumped; blue boards. Governor John Patterson's five-line ink inscription dated April 11, 2008 on half-title page; author's four-line ink inscription to a cousin upon title page; laid-in at title page is publisher's promotional bookmark for the book with another bookmark laid-in between pages 228-229; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Biography of Alabama's 44th Governor in office from 1959 to 1963 who additionally served as Alabama Attorney General from 1955 to 1959. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {AL-Shelf#2} ISBN 9781588382214.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NOBODY BUT THE PEOPLE; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALABAMA'S YOUNGEST GOVERNOR. [Biography of Alabama 44th Governor John M. Patterson.]
• Publisher: Montgomery, AL; Louisville, KY: NewSouth Books [New South Books], 2008.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588382214
• ISBN 13: 9781588382214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Alabama

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Synopsis

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 rebellion against the national effort to integrate schools and public accommodations. He was a rare Southern supporter of JFK in 1960, but the two broke bitterly over the 1961 Freedom Rides and Kennedy had to send federal marshals into Montgomery to quell KKK-led mobs. Not merely a civil rights account, Nobody But the People also details Patterson's World War II heroism, his role as attorney general in cleaning up vice and corruption, and his efforts to improve education and the economy. Patterson is revealed as a complex and likable politician and jurist whose career was unfortunately blighted by decisions he later regretted on racial issues.

About the Author

WARREN TREST is a former United States Air Force senior historian. A combat reporter, writer, and air power historian in the Korean, Vietnam, and Cold Wars, he has published numerous articles and authored and coauthored more than 50 histories and studies. His book Air Commando One was nominated for the Bancroft Prize for distinguished works in American history. Other recent works include Wings of Denial, Nobody But the People, and Once a Fighter Pilot, and the hard-boiled Jake Falcon mystery novels Missing in Paradise and Requiem for a Flower Child.