Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great Depression
Alan Brinkley
The study of two demagogues, whose vast popularity explains much about Depression-era America. This is a book about two remarkable men-Huey P. Long, a first-term United States Senator from the red-clay, piney woods country of northern Louisiana; and Charles E. Coughlin, a Catholic priest from an industrial suburb near Detroit. From modest origins, they rose together in the early years of the Great Depression to become the two most successful leaders of national political dissidence of their era.
Award History
1 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for History HardcoverMajor | 1983 | Winner | Secondary source |
Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies
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01 Central figures
- Huey P. Long92%
- Charles E. Coughlin88%
02 Central places
None extracted with sufficient confidence.
These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.
- northern Louisiana48%
- near Detroit45%
03 Suggested argument
The book argues that Huey P. Long and Charles E. Coughlin’s vast popularity explains much about Depression-era America, framing them as the era’s most successful leaders of national political dissidence.
Model confidence 66%
04 Reading orientation
45 / 100 academicTrade / academic crossover
An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.
Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 73%.