The Southern Political Report has posted an excerpt of Nobody But The People: The Life and Times of Alabama’s Youngest Governor, Warren Trest’s authorized biography of former Alabama Governor John Patterson. The excerpt recounts the murder of Patterson’s father, attorney Albert Patterson, an event that spurred John Patterson into politics and ultimately to the governorship.
Read the entire excerpt on the Southern Political Report website.
The Washington, D.C.-based Southern Political Report has examined government and political affairs news for thirty years in thirteen states, including Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana.
Nobody But The People: The Life and Times of Alabama’s Youngest Governor is available from NewSouth Books, Amazon, or your favorite online or local book retailer.