{"product_id":"wild-man-from-sugar-creek","title":"Wild Man from Sugar Creek","description":"Eugene Talmadge's career as a politician lasted twenty years, and during that time he dominated Georgia's political structure as few men have in any state's history. \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Man from Sugar Creek\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating biography of one of the South's most colourful political figures. It is also a revealing analysis of the Georgia mind in the 1930s, reminiscent in its sociological reflections of Cash's \u003ci\u003eMind of the South\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA product of \"\"Old South\"\" thinking, Talmadge was elected governor of Georgia four times. His significance lay in his total commitment to fighting the liberalization of the southern mind and the quickening demise of the South's traditional culture. He saw Roosevelt's New Deal as the culprit, and he fought desperately against the rise of big government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"He was,\"\" says William Anderson, \"\"the champion of the mythical little man, of the have-nots, the dejected, the mentally awash, the orphans of rural life propelled by the depression to the doorsteps of the city, alone, uncertain, afraid.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Man from Sugar Creek\u003c\/i\u003e is based in large part on interviews with living contemporaries of Talmadge, so that the books' central character comes alive in much the same way that Huey Long does in T. Harry Williams' prize-winning biography of the Louisiana political figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first full biography of Talmadge, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Man from Sugar Creek\u003c\/i\u003e captures the monumental changes in the southern mind during the tumultuous 1930s, and recreates the struggle between a fiercely independent politician and the rush of change in a conservative land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\"The poor dirt farmer ain't got but three friends on this earth: God Almighty, Sears Roebuck and Gene Talmadge.\"\" - Eugene Talmadge","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807321243992,"sku":"9780807101704","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807101704.jpg?v=1778679021","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wild-man-from-sugar-creek","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}