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When good men do nothing : the assassination of Albert Patterson / Alan Grady.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2003.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780817389963
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV8079 .W446 2003
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Contents:
The 1954 primary and runoff -- June 18, 1954, part 1 -- June 18, 1954, part 2 -- The initial investigation -- Sykes takes over -- Three suspects -- Putting the pieces together -- Against the peace and dignity of Alabama -- Watermelon party -- Courageous and honest men -- Legacy.
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Subject: A provocative telling of ""The Phenix City Story.""On June 18, 1954, former state senator Albert Patterson, the Democratic Party's nominee for state attorney general, was shot to death as he left his law office in Phenix City, Alabama, infamous for its prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, and political corruption. Patterson had made cleanup of Phenix City his primary campaign promise. With millions of dollars in illegal income and hundreds of political and professional careers at stake, the question surrounding Patterson's murder was not why the trigger was pulled, but who pulled it. When Good.
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Albert Patterson and Phenix City -- The 1954 primary and runoff -- June 18, 1954, part 1 -- June 18, 1954, part 2 -- The initial investigation -- Sykes takes over -- Three suspects -- Putting the pieces together -- Against the peace and dignity of Alabama -- Watermelon party -- Courageous and honest men -- Legacy.

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A provocative telling of ""The Phenix City Story.""On June 18, 1954, former state senator Albert Patterson, the Democratic Party's nominee for state attorney general, was shot to death as he left his law office in Phenix City, Alabama, infamous for its prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, and political corruption. Patterson had made cleanup of Phenix City his primary campaign promise. With millions of dollars in illegal income and hundreds of political and professional careers at stake, the question surrounding Patterson's murder was not why the trigger was pulled, but who pulled it. When Good.

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