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Katherine Clark and
Pat Conroy (foreword by)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Publication date
April 12, 2016
Pages
239
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781611176285
ISBN-10
161117628X
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Original list price
$29.99
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Itâs the summer of George Wallaceâs last run for governor of Alabama in 1982, and the state is at a crossroads. In Katherine Clarkâs All the Governorâs Men, a political comedy of manners that reimagines Wallaceâs last campaign, voters face a clear choice between the infamous segregationist, now a crippled old man in a wheelchair, and his primary opponent, Aaron Osgood, a progressive young candidate poised to liberate the state from its George Wallaceâpoisoned past.
Daniel Dobbs, a twenty one-year-old Harvard graduate and South Alabama native, is one of many young people who have joined the campaign representing hope and change for a downtrodden Alabama. A political animal himself, Daniel possesses so much charm and charisma that he was nicknamed âthe Governorâ in college. Nowhe is engaged in the struggle to conquer once and for all the malignant man Alabamians have traditionally called âthe Governor.â
This historic election isnât the only thing Daniel wants to win. During his senior year, he fell in love with a freshman girl from Mountain Brook, the âTiny Kingdomâ of wealth and privilege, a world apart from his own Alabama origins. A small-town country boy, Daniel desperately wants to gain the favor of his girlfriendâs family along with her mentor, the larger-than-life English teacher Norman Laney. Daniel also wants to keep one or two ex-girlfriends firmly out of the picture. In the course of his summer, he must untangle his complicated personal life, satisfy the middle-class dreams of his parents for their Harvard-educated son, decide whether to enter law school or launch his own political career, and, incidentally, help his candidate defeat George Wallace, in a close and increasingly dirty race.
All the Governorâs Men is a darkly comic look at both the political process in general and a significant political chapter in Alabama history. This second novel in Katherine Clarkâs Mountain Brook series depicts the social and political landscape of an Alabama world that is at once a place like no other and at the same time, a place like all others.
Daniel Dobbs, a twenty one-year-old Harvard graduate and South Alabama native, is one of many young people who have joined the campaign representing hope and change for a downtrodden Alabama. A political animal himself, Daniel possesses so much charm and charisma that he was nicknamed âthe Governorâ in college. Nowhe is engaged in the struggle to conquer once and for all the malignant man Alabamians have traditionally called âthe Governor.â
This historic election isnât the only thing Daniel wants to win. During his senior year, he fell in love with a freshman girl from Mountain Brook, the âTiny Kingdomâ of wealth and privilege, a world apart from his own Alabama origins. A small-town country boy, Daniel desperately wants to gain the favor of his girlfriendâs family along with her mentor, the larger-than-life English teacher Norman Laney. Daniel also wants to keep one or two ex-girlfriends firmly out of the picture. In the course of his summer, he must untangle his complicated personal life, satisfy the middle-class dreams of his parents for their Harvard-educated son, decide whether to enter law school or launch his own political career, and, incidentally, help his candidate defeat George Wallace, in a close and increasingly dirty race.
All the Governorâs Men is a darkly comic look at both the political process in general and a significant political chapter in Alabama history. This second novel in Katherine Clarkâs Mountain Brook series depicts the social and political landscape of an Alabama world that is at once a place like no other and at the same time, a place like all others.
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With Pat Conroy (other contributor) |
from Univ of South Carolina Pr (April 12, 2016)
9781611176285 | details & prices | 239 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $29.99
About: Itâs the summer of George Wallaceâs last run for governor of Alabama in 1982, and the state is at a crossroads.
About: Itâs the summer of George Wallaceâs last run for governor of Alabama in 1982, and the state is at a crossroads.
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