| Of Goats & Governors: Six Decades of Colorful Alabama Political Stories Contributor(s): Flowers, Steve (Author), Bridges, Edwin C. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1603063641 ISBN-13: 9781603063647 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Political Science | American Government - State |
| LCCN: 2014949259 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.28 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
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Contributor Bio(s): Flowers, Steve: - Troy native Steve Flowers was a page in the Alabama Legislature at age 12 and worked at the Capitol throughout high school. At the University of Alabama, he served in the Student Senate and graduated in 1974 with a degree in political science and history. At age 30, he was elected State Representative from Pike County. He was reelected four times and retired in 1998 with a perfect attendance record for 16 consecutive years. His House colleagues honored him as outstanding freshman member in 1982, most ethical member in 1988, and most outstanding member in 1992. In 2002, Flowers began writing on Alabama politics. Today his weekly column appears in more than 60 newspapers. In addition, his weekly radio show on Alabama politics is heard statewide on Alabama Public Radio, and he is the political analyst for the University of Alabama Radio and TV Network. Flowers has also analyzed Alabama politics for state, national, and international television audiences on CBS, PBS, ABC, and the British Broadcasting Network. Flowers has been an up-close participant and observer of the Alabama political scene for more than 50 years and is widely considered the ultimate authority today on Alabama politics and Alabama political history.Bridges, Edwin C.: - Edwin C. Bridges graduated from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. After six years at the Georgia Archives, where he last served as Assistant Director, he was appointed Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History in 1982 and retired in 2012. |