Post away your comments about All The King's Men. Obviously Willie Stark was based on Huey Long. If you want to read an incredible biography about Huey Long, I highly recommend Huey Long by T. Harry Williams.
1 posted on
05/10/2004 9:33:40 AM PDT by
PJ-Comix
To: Bahbah; contessa machiaveli; BADJOE; Mr.Clark; Betty Jane; Orblivion; Non-Sequitur; dixie sass; ...
FYI
2 posted on
05/10/2004 9:34:46 AM PDT by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: PJ-Comix
You keep coming up with great books! I wish more Freepers would get involved with this reading list. In a way, Willie Stark reminds me of "Slick Willie" Clinton. Willie Stark believed that everybody had a "secret", a weakness, and if that weakness could be identified, then Willie could control and exploit that person. Sounds like the Clinton m.o. to me.
5 posted on
05/10/2004 5:29:22 PM PDT by
SamAdams76
(I don't own this gas-guzzling SUV - my wife does!)
To: PJ-Comix
I saw the movie. Does that count. 10-4 10-4
6 posted on
05/10/2004 5:30:32 PM PDT by
Tribune7
To: PJ-Comix
BTTT. I didn't know there was a reading club around here - I'll definitely read the next one for July.
To: PJ-Comix
Thanks for the ping -- will get the book.
12 posted on
05/10/2004 7:47:57 PM PDT by
expatpat
To: PJ-Comix
Thanks for the tip...I love reading..anybody read Isaac's Storm..President Bush has. Also i read Ghost Soldiers.
16 posted on
05/11/2004 5:31:03 PM PDT by
GregB
(God Bless and protect my nephew Heath with the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad.......)
To: PJ-Comix
May I join your club?
The next Freeper Reading Club assignment is Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
Ah, the horror, the horror! :)
Do me good to reread it. As a teen I preferred "The Secret Sharer". It will be interesting to see if and how my impressions have changed over the years.
17 posted on
05/11/2004 5:42:46 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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