Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-10-10
Books mentioned on Part Two: America's First Fascist Governor
Garrison and Robert continue the tale of Gene Talmadge with his first military style coup of Georgia and his battle against FDR. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Wild Man from Sugar Creek
The Wild Man from Sugar Creek by William Anderson is a definitive biographical study of the flamboyant and controversial Georgia governor Eugene Talmage.
Discussed“uh and I'm going to quote now from Jean's biographer William Anderson in his book The Wild Man from Sugar Creek quote Jean became furious with the he ordered the adjunct General Lindley Camp to arrest the deputy on the spot and he told Camp to place military guard around the persons and offices of himself the treasurer and the”
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Labor in the South
Labor in the South by F.
Discussed“to quote the book labor in the South by F Ray Marshall who extensively documented this period of Union activity quote It turned out that one employer had hired Pearl beroff a notorious strike breaker who came with 200 hired gunmen from New York to help break the strike but jean had them deported”
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The Clansman
Discussed“the Mover behind it were 75-year-old John Henry Kirby Texas Oil Man and old huie longb backer and the Reverend Gerald LK Smith termined by the New York Times as a semi fascist nut and Thomas L Dixon author of The clansmen unquote uh Robert are are you familiar with The Clansman yes that is the book that got made”
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