Leander Perez : Boss of the Delta.

Leander Perez 1891-1969) was more than simply another Neanderthal segregationist. He was a political boss who held absolute power in Plaquemines Parish to an extent unsurpassed by any parish leader in Louisiana's history. Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta is his full history. A bit of a social r...

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Main Author: Jeansonne, Glen
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Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Prologue; Chapter 1 Coming of Age; Chapter 2 The Judge; Chapter 3 The Trappers' War; Chapter 4 The Judge and the Kingfish; Chapter 5 Small Stealing Is an Outrage; Chapter 6 Burying the Hatchet, Perez Style; Chapter 7 The Carrot and the Stock; Chapter 8 The Little War of 1943; Chapter 9 Politics as Usual; Chapter 10 Saving the Country; Chapter 11 Earl Long and the Third Party; Chapter 12 Segregation Forever; Chapter 13 The Second Battle of New Orleans. 
505 8 |a Chapter 14 Leander's Last StandChapter 15 Saving the Country Again; Chapter 16 The Judge Retires; Epilogue; Afterword; Essay on Additional Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 
520 |a Leander Perez 1891-1969) was more than simply another Neanderthal segregationist. He was a political boss who held absolute power in Plaquemines Parish to an extent unsurpassed by any parish leader in Louisiana's history. Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta is his full history. A bit of a social reformer, a political figure of national stature, an oil tycoon worth millions of dollars, Perez was known to one and all, including himself, as the Judge, although the office he held for most of his career was that of district attorney. He got his political start in the early 1920s, when Huey Long was be. 
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