LEADER 03365nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910654595103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-27509-0 010 $a9786613275097 010 $a1-60473-637-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049375 035 $a(EBL)776542 035 $a(OCoLC)755415625 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637720 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11396350 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637720 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10685890 035 $a(PQKB)11428973 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL776542 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10501961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC776542 035 $a(OCoLC)237879300 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049375 100 $a20100326e20061995 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeander Perez, boss of the Delta /$fby Glen Jeansonne 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (495 p.) 300 $a"Print-on-Demand ed. Originally published in 1977 by Louisiana State University Press. Second edition copyright c1995 ... University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana." 311 $a1-57806-917-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 445-454) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Prologue; Chapter 1 Coming of Age; Chapter 2 The Judge; Chapter 3 The Trappers' War; Chapter 4 The Judge and the Kingfish; Chapter 5 Small Stealing Is an Outrage; Chapter 6 Burying the Hatchet, Perez Style; Chapter 7 The Carrot and the Stock; Chapter 8 The Little War of 1943; Chapter 9 Politics as Usual; Chapter 10 Saving the Country; Chapter 11 Earl Long and the Third Party; Chapter 12 Segregation Forever; Chapter 13 The Second Battle of New Orleans 327 $aChapter 14 Leander's Last StandChapter 15 Saving the Country Again; Chapter 16 The Judge Retires; Epilogue; Afterword; Essay on Additional Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aLeander Perez 1891-1969) was more than simply another Neanderthal segregationist. He was a political boss who held absolute power in Plaquemines Parish to an extent unsurpassed by any parish leader in Louisiana's history. Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta is his full history. A bit of a social reformer, a political figure of national stature, an oil tycoon worth millions of dollars, Perez was known to one and all, including himself, as the Judge, although the office he held for most of his career was that of district attorney. He got his political start in the early 1920's, when Huey Long was be 606 $aPoliticians$zLouisiana$vBiography 606 $aJudges$zLouisiana$vBiography 607 $aLouisiana$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 607 $aLouisiana$xPolitics and government$y1951- 607 $aPlaquemines Parish (La.)$xPolitics and government 607 $aLouisiana$xRace relations 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aJudges 676 $a976.3/3706 700 $aJeansonne$b Glen$f1946-$01154679 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910654595103321 996 $aLeander Perez, boss of the Delta$92699774 997 $aUNINA