A passion for politics and for political power is at the core of
this biography of "Big Jim" Folsom, the legendary two-term Alabama
governor who revolutionized state government by going directly to
the "branchheads," the grassroots, to exhort the powerless to fight
for their rights against the "Big Mules," the elite cotton planters
and urban industrialists.
Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Folsom, his
family and friends, and his allies and rivals, Carl Grafton and
Anne Permaloff reveal in Big Mules and Branchheads the complex
reality behind the stories and myths that have arisen around the
Alabama governor. Often dismissed as a naive yet somehow appealing
yokel whose rise to power was largely attributable to luck, Folsom
is seen here as a highly knowledgeable and creative political
strategist who calculated his most important victories even while
his behavior often seemed influenced by innocence and a tendency
toward buffoonery. His two terms as governor were marked by
scandal, yet Folsom energetically sought to raise the moral level
of Alabama politics by bluntly advocating, in the face of great
opposition, the expansion of civil rights for blacks, poor whites,
and women.
Folsom, the authors suggest, is as widely misunderstood in
Alabama as Alabama is misunderstood throughout the nation.
Illuminating the intricacies of Alabama's politics as it traces
Folsom's rise to power, this book gives readers the unique
opportunity to know the legendary Folsom as a flawed, yet often
inspiring human being who energetically practiced his own colorful
brand of politics.
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