Format: Paperback
Pages: 414
ISBN: 9780813177557
Pub Date: 23 Jul 2019
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: New Directions in Southern History
Illustrations: 28 b&w photos
Description:
When W. Kerr Scott (1896--1958) began his campaign for the North Carolina gubernatorial seat in 1948, his opponents derided his candidacy as a farce. However, the plainspoken dairy farmer quickly gathered loyal supporters and mobilized a grassroots attack on the entrenched interests that had long controlled the state government, winning the race in a historic upset.