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The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

William E. Leuchtenburg

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Combining vivid biography and political insight, William E. Leuchtenburg offers an engaging account of relations between these three presidents and the South while also tracing how the region came to embrace a national perspective without losing its distinctive sense of place. According to Leuchtenburg, each man had one foot below the Mason-Dixon Line, one foot above. Their intimate associations with the South gave these three presidents an empathy toward and acceptance in the region. Roosevelt could speak as a neighbor and adopted son, Truman as a borderstater who had been taught to revere the Lost Cause, and Johnson as a native who had been scorned by Yankees.

Language: English

Pages: 668

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: LSU Press

Release: September 26, 2005

ISBN: 0807130796

ISBN 13: 9780807130797

The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

William E. Leuchtenburg

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Combining vivid biography and political insight, William E. Leuchtenburg offers an engaging account of relations between these three presidents and the South while also tracing how the region came to embrace a national perspective without losing its distinctive sense of place. According to Leuchtenburg, each man had one foot below the Mason-Dixon Line, one foot above. Their intimate associations with the South gave these three presidents an empathy toward and acceptance in the region. Roosevelt could speak as a neighbor and adopted son, Truman as a borderstater who had been taught to revere the Lost Cause, and Johnson as a native who had been scorned by Yankees.

Language: English

Pages: 668

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: LSU Press

Release: September 26, 2005

ISBN: 0807130796

ISBN 13: 9780807130797

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