{"product_id":"the-education-of-ernie-dumas-chronicles-of-the-arkansas-political-mind-9781945624247","title":"The Education of Ernie Dumas: Chronicles of the Arkansas Political Mind","description":"Like \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, the early twentieth-century classic from which this book derives its name, Adams described the ascent, or descent, of a postwar social and political order into something that a few people called modernity. But Dumas follows this evolution, not in the United States as Adams did, but in insular Arkansas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with the defeat of Governor Francis Cherry by the son of a hillbilly socialist at the end of the Joe McCarthy era, Dumas traces the development of a modernist political cast that eventually produced Arkansas's first president of the United States. It follows the seed from 1978 that would germinate into the second impeachment of an American president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dumas has written for newspapers and about politics for sixty-three years, since 1954, the year that the stolid Cherry fell to Orval Eugene Faubus. The book is a political memoir that describes not only his education in the ways of politicians but the politicians' own education and miseducation in how you win voters and then how you get things done. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is mostly a collection of untold stories, often deeply personal, that reveal the inner struggles and sometimes the tribulations of the state's leaders--Cherry, Faubus, Winthrop Rockefeller, Dale Bumpers, David Pryor, John McClellan, J. William Fulbright, Bill Clinton, Jim Guy Tucker, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12209007\"\u003eErnest Dumas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Butler Center for Arkansas Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945624247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945624248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO025000\"\u003eEditors, Journalists, Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036120\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Dumas started reporting for the \u003ci\u003eEl Dorado Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Evening Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 1954. For thirty-two years, he was a political and state government reporter and an associate editor, editorial writer, and columnist for the \u003ci\u003eArkansas Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, until it closed in 1991. He continues to write for a number of state and national journals, including the \u003ci\u003eArkansas Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an author or collaborator on several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Clintons of Arkansas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Cemetery Vote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDearest Letty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Butler Center for Arkansas Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43327741919469,"sku":"9781945624247","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bc09a8b1-d678-4143-8704-c1b9858d572b.jpg?v=1663431386","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-education-of-ernie-dumas-chronicles-of-the-arkansas-political-mind-9781945624247","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}