Patterson for Alabama the life and career of John Patterson

Title:

Author:

Howard, Gene L., 1940-

ISBN:

9780817380564

Personal Author:

Howard, Gene L., 1940-

Publication Information:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2008.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 256 p.) : ill.

Abstract:

Allowed by the Democratic Party to take his father's place and to complete the elder's goal of cleaning up corruption in his hometown of Phenix City, John Patterson made a young, attractive, and sympathetic candidate. This book details his efforts to clean up his hometown and oppose corruption in the administration of Governor Big Jim Folsom.

Personal Subject:

Patterson, John, 1921 Sept. 27-

Subject Term:

Governors -- Alabama -- Biography.

Lawyers -- Alabama -- Biography.

Judges -- Alabama -- Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.

HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.

Geographic Term:

Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Alabama -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Phenix City (Ala.) -- History -- 20th century.