Huey Long by T. Harry Williams
I am not a very political person. However, I am fascinated by the ups and downs and ins and outs of political development both nationally and globally. A good friend of mine, a man named Happy Fine ( what a name huh?) encouraged me to read this book. Over a year ago, we met early to beat the line for our annual Domilises feast. Happy likes to walk off his food as part of his plan to live longer. So, after all that delicious fried seafood got in our bellies, we took off towards Magazine St. to Broadway to Maple and landed at Maple Street book shop. This is the kind of place where one can easily get lost. Besides the stacks and shelves of reads, there is a cozy closed in back porch lined with old clippings and treasures of well known southern writers. After we wandered and searched, unable to find a copy, Happy insisted that they have one shipped to my apartment. "You gotta to read this book, Katie. It's gonna teach you sooo much," he urged in his Boston beat, "Huey was one of the most fascinating creatures to walk this earth."
So it arrived a week or so later. I started it, got busy with life, and never really gave it a shot. But, I am determined to read it. And now that school and testing is slowing down for a week or two, I am going to give it a go. I'll let you know how it goes. What books have you started and re-started?-Comment below.
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A Child called "It" by David Pelzer
Started it Saturday at 7:15 finished it Saturday 9:45. It was that good. Painful to read, but incredibly eye-opening.
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