num_pages: 408
description: In this close, personal history, the result of eight years of intensive research, Reed finds Faubus to be an opaque man, “an insoluable mixture of cynicism and compassion, guile and grace, wickedness and goodness,” and, ultimately, “one of the last Americans to perceive politics as a grand game.” New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 19971998 Certificate of Commendation, American Association for State and Local History
language: English
title: Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal
titlecomplete: Faubus: The Life and Times of an American Prodigal
genres: Biography, History
ratings_count: 24
publisher: University of Arkansas Press