Accidental Candidate

The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography charges, spent a significant portion of his life's savings on the filing fee to run for U.S. Senate in the Democratic primary to challenge incumbent tea party kingmaker Jim DeMint. Alvin Greene didn't campaign, didn't have a website and no one knew who he was.Until he won.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-26
Mått:203 x 192 x 7 mm
Vikt:204 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
Illustratör:Blue Delliquanti
ISBN:9780786474295

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Corey Hutchins, a reporter for the Columbia Free Times, is the South Carolina Press Association’s 2012 journalist of the year. David Axe is a freelance reporter based in Columbia, South Carolina, and the author of the graphic novel War is Boring. Blue Delliquanti is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Atlanta and the creator of the graphic novel O Human Star.

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“Long-form journalism meets sequential art in this startling and informative investigation of South Carolina politics. This is an important story that deserves wide reader attention”—Booklist; “I really like Blue Delliquanti’s open art and friendly figures...her faces are key to making the cast seem like real people...this graphic novel is a fun way to relive this oddity of political history”—Comics Worth Reading.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsForeword by William “Jack” Hamilton Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Epilogue About the Creators Index