Harry Byrd of Virginia
Harry Byrd of Virginia is a non-fiction book, published in 1996 by
University Press of Virginia by Ronald L. Heinemann, concerning Harry F. Byrd
.
James R. Sweeney of Old Dominion University wrote that the author "portrays Byrd as an unrelenting negativist whose convictions remained fixed as the world around him changed",[1] and that overall the work is an "unflattering portrait of an essentially humorless and defensive" individual,[2] although Heinemann also viewed Byrd as having, in Sweeney's words, "integrity".[1]
Reception
William A. Link of
University of North Carolina, Greensboro wrote that the book "is a carefully written, fully documented study" that has "terse, well-considered, and balanced judgments."[3]
Sweeney wrote that the book is "a major contribution to the literature on American politics."[1]
References
- Sweeney, James (Fall 1997). "Byrd of Virginia". JSTOR 24451573.
- Link, William A. (December 1, 1999). "Jack Irby Hayes, Jr. Dan Daniel and the Persistence of Conservatism in Virginia. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press. 1997. Pp. xi, 258. $35.00 and Ronald L. Heinemann. Harry Byrd of Virginia. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1996. Pp. x, 511". JSTOR 2649452.
Notes
- ^ a b c Sweeney, The Historian, p. 132.
- ^ Sweeney, The Historian, p. 133.
- ^ Link, p. 1715.
External links
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