Secrets of the Hopewell Box
Subtitle: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780826519245
Subjects: Nashville (tenn.), history; Political corruption; Tennessee, politics and government
Description: "Charts the Nashville machine's rupture with the state's political boss, Edward Crump of Memphis, and traces the reforms that shattered rural white control of the state legislature. Reenacts the downfall of Nashville lawyer Tommy Osborne, convicted of jury tampering in 1964 after defending Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Follows Nashville's transformation into a crucible of the civil rights movement"--Provided by publisher.