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All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

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Publisher Comments:

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Robert Penn Warren's tale of ambition and power set in the Depression-era South is widely considered the finest novel ever written about American politics.

 

 

All the King's Men traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional character loosely based on Governor Huey ""Kingfish"" Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success and caught between dreams of service and an insatiable lust for power, culminating in a novel that Sinclair Lewis pronounced, on the book's release in 1946, “one of our few national galleries of character."" "

 

Synopsis:

As relevant today as it was 50 years ago, "All the King's Men" is a classic novel about American politics. Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional character based on the real-life Huey Long of Louisiana.

Synopsis:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on american politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. New Foreword by Joseph Blotner for this fiftieth anniversary edition.

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About the Author

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first poet laureate.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156004800
Foreword:
Blotner, Joseph
Author:
Blotner, Joseph
Foreword by:
Blotner, Joseph
Foreword:
Blotner, Joseph
Author:
Warren, Robert Penn
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
San Diego :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Politicians
Subject:
Political fiction
Subject:
Politicians -- Southern States -- Fiction.
Subject:
Politicians -- Fiction.
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1996
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
162
Publication Date:
19960901
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Young adult
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
672
Dimensions:
8.00 x 5.31 in
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"Synopsis" by , As relevant today as it was 50 years ago, "All the King's Men" is a classic novel about American politics. Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel traces the rise and fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional character based on the real-life Huey Long of Louisiana.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on american politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. New Foreword by Joseph Blotner for this fiftieth anniversary edition.
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