I Called Him Grand Dad
Author | : Thomas T. Fields |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781469105154 |
ISBN-13 | : 1469105152 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In 1961, small town lawyer Harvey Fields died. His memory slowly disappeared over the years. Forty-five years later his political papers were discovered and identified a person that was far different from the aged lawyer from Farmerville, Louisiana. He had been a political activist fighting for the just causes of the American laboring man in Louisiana and America. Fields was a law partner of Huey Long, Chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, State Senator and Federal District Attorney. He was a Democratic Convention Delegate four time and was famous for his floor fights. His calls for a just America eventually cost him his job