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WILLIAM BRADFORD HUIE

G P Putnam's Sons, 1964

Painful revelations; hard reflections!!
Bradford Huie was a North American advertiser of renown fame about issues about Contemporary History - "The execution of Private Stovik" and "The hero of two Jima" - focus the lives of two North American soldiers whose involvement in the WW2 meant for them tragic consequences. He gathered abundant information about the best known "Eatherly case" and besides a big amount of valuable data for all ...

Mud on The Stars (Library Alabama Classics)

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William Bradford Huie

University Alabama Press, 1996

A socially significant work from the era of the New Deal
I read this book on the recommendation of former Speaker of the House Jim Wright. While I found the prose heavy-handed, its appeal to young, politically aware people in the 1940's was apparent. Congressman Wright cited Huie's work as an important part of his education before he entered the Army Air Corp after Pearl Harbor. The human cost of government programs was being tallied at about this ...

Can do !: The story of the Seabees,

4 reviews
William Bradford Huie

E.P. Dutton, 1944

The color commentary to the Seabees' official history
Huie, editor of the American Mercury and author of two books (Mud on the Stars and The Fight for Air Power) before joining the Seabees, presents the Seabee story, often in their own words. He introduced the concept of the "five roads to victory," so often seen in World War II Seabee writings. Appendices include lists of awards and casualties and an introduction to Seabee poetry. Like a skilled ...

The execution of Private Slovik

10 reviews
William Bradford Huie

Delacorte Press, 1970

execution of eddie slovik
bought this book for a re-read. gave my old tiny paperback long ago to a library. recently visited the miltary cemetery in France, the site of his former interrment. first learned of pvt.slovik via tv movie starring martin sheen, in early 1970s.

Three lives for Mississippi

3 reviews
William Bradford Huie

Heinemann, 1965

Buy it!
What makes this book interesting is that it was written between the murders and the trial. Huie knew who the murderers were, how they did it, and never expected a guilty verdict. The book introduces you in detail to Michael (Mickey) Schwerener and all the details leading up to his murder. This detail will help you understand exactly why and how these murders took place. This latest edition ...

The Klansman

2 reviews
William Bradford Huie

W. H. Allen, 1968

pretty accurate for its time
Huie, now deceased, writes a very exciting novel about a Klan-ridden Alabama community during the timeframe of the civil rights movement. I haven't ever been to Alabama, so I can't honestly say whether or not it was at all reflective of small-town situations in that state during the late 1960s. However, the picture it paints is not terribly dissimilar from those I've seen in non-fiction ...

Ruby McCollum: Woman in the Suwannee Jail

1 review
William Bradford Huie

Signet / New American Library, 1964

The first to publish a book on the story
William B. Huie covered the appeal of Ruby McCollum's death sentence for the murder of her white, senator-elect physician lover in a torrid love story that involved interracial sex, drugs and money. Zora Neale Hurston covered the trial, and asked Huie to intervene when she felt powerless to continue her coverage for The Pittsburgh Courier when they failed to honor her contract for reporting on ...

The Revolt Of Mamie Stover

4 reviews
William Bradford Huie

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1951

This book is more truth than fiction.
The Revolt of Mamie Stover is the real history of Hawaii. It should have been named "Islands in the Stream". It describes how Hawaii was always stratically located during the wars and skirmishes in the Pacific. It describes how the citizens aquired what is now the Old Money. The elite in Hawaii would just as soon not see this book in print again. It has been a long time since I read the book, ...