Journal of Letters
Publication Date
1974-01-01
Abstract
The fascination with the lives of great men and individuals may be of keen interests to biographers or students of history but are seldom the substance of great drama. The rise and fall of great leaders continually are, however, the subject of much study and analysis if only merely to extoll their virtues or deride their faults. Few people read tomes like the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire put many know about Antony or Cleopatra. Few except historians can recount how Napoleon came to power but many remember Waterloo. Great events and great leaders are remembered as romanticized happenings or symbols which are part of our rich heritage of myths and traditional folklore. Too often, however, full appreciation of great works of fiction are lost when the readers are unfamiliar with the subject being treated. To remedy the situation for readers of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, a romanticized account of an American politician, a brief review of T. Harry Williams's biography Huey Long is attempted to provide at the minimum. a basic background of the myth and hopefully invite the serious student of history to learn more about the man.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.JLETTERS.8.8.6
First Page
68
Last Page
73
Recommended Citation
Bhukkanasut, Ubol
(1974)
"HUEY LONG THE MAN AND THE MYTH,"
Journal of Letters: Vol. 8:
Iss.
8, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.JLETTERS.8.8.6
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/jletters/vol8/iss8/6