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Book Cover for: You Are My Sunshine, Jimmie Davis

You Are My Sunshine

Jimmie Davis
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I was surprised to learn a few months back that the credited (but disputed) co-writer of the song "You Are My Sunshine," was Jimmie Davis, the segregationist governor of Louisiana. This obit in the Times, from 2000, was less surprising. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/us/jimmie-davis-louisiana-s-singing-governor-is-dead.html https://t.co/vF8mEZeO4u

Board Book, 2011

$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation, James Carville

40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation

James Carville
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40 More Years — James Carville (2009) https://t.co/Ua2sJlHYcj

Paperback, 2011

$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, Bill Clinton

Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World

Bill Clinton
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Through a series of pivotal memos, though, From - in his own telling - managed to steer Clinton back on track. Here's From, for instance, giving Clinton the business on the crime bill. https://t.co/pD4q51qnaS

Hardcover, 2007

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Concept of Representation, Hanna F. Pitkin

The Concept of Representation

Hanna F. Pitkin
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From Hanna Pitkin's The Concept of Representation, a book I will be recommending to people a lot. https://t.co/fNaytU9Vvx

Paperback, 1972

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