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Acknowledgments There are a great many people who have my sincere gratitude for helping make this book possible. First, i would like to thank Curtis Clark, director, and Dan Waterman, editor-in-chief, of The University of Alabama Press for the faith, encouragement, guidance, and support they have demonstrated from the beginning. i am deeply grateful to them both. everyone at The University of Alabama Press was wonderful to work with again. Jenn backer provided excellent copyediting. i am especially indebted to my family, whose support is vitally important to me. my wife of a quarter century, Jeannie, and my daughters, hallie and Rebecca, are the world. hallie is my sunshine; Rebecca is my music. my brother, Richard, has been my constant companion and friend in all. my parents , brian Feldman and Julia Garate burgos Feldman, are the best parents one could hope for. my sister and brother, vicky F. menke and Danny Feldman , have always been very supportive of me and my work, as are my cousins Ronnie Feldman and eulogio and luz Pena. i am immensely grateful for all of them. i am blessed to have so many good friends, people whose enduring friendship is more important to me than they probably realize: Johnny sherman, Jak and Judy Karn, becky and owen stayner, Jimmy and Tracy Wooten, Glenda Curry, Debbie Donaldson, mary and vince morgan, Kurtie hutto, stephanie Diethelm, Kaki o’Flinn, lori Jack, natalie motise Davis, matt Farrar, Preston lovinggood, irina oshinsky, mo hajialilu, marc l. J. Dierikx , bill Trimble, larry Gerber, lois mcFadyen Christensen, Flowers braswell , Guy beckwith, Allen W. Jones, Jack owens, Jody Coombs, Carol Ann vaughn Cross, Kristine Wirts, Julie Ryan, burt nabors, mark Westfall , yvonne Carlson, Tim hays, the late Jeff Prugh, Jim baggett, larry Den- x / Acknowledgments nis, melvyn “smooth” Parker, Jo Fowler, Colin Davis, brian steele, bryan vroon, Frank laRussa, Fred Renneker iii, michael Gallo, sam harper, George Theodore, and Richard Grooms. A generous faculty development grant from the University of Alabama at birmingham (UAb) helped immensely with out-of-state research. i especially want to thank the dean of the College of Arts & sciences at UAb, Tom Dilorenzo, and Associate Dean Rebecca bach for being so supportive of my research. i must thank the army of archivists, librarians, and others who provided research assistance to me, especially norwood Kerr, Debbie Pendleton, and ed bridges at the Alabama Department of Archives and history , Jim baggett at the birmingham Public library Archives, liz Wells at samford University, Peggy Greenwood at the missouri historical society in st. louis, ned Dirlik at the Columbia University oral history Collection and the new york Public library, both in new york, Paul Crater at the national Archives, southern Regional branch, east Point, Georgia, Dwight m. miller at the herbert hoover Presidential library, iowa City, iowa, and brad bauer and Dennis e. bilger at the harry s. Truman Presidential library in independence, missouri. Glenn Feldman ...

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