The Secrets of the Hopewell Box: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age

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The Secrets of the Hopewell Box Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City’s Coming of Age James D. Squires Vanderbilt University Press nashville The Secrets of the Hopewell Box Copyright 2012 byVanderbilt University Press Nashville,Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Squires, James D., 1943– The secrets of the Hopewell box : stolen elections, southern politics, and a city’s coming of age / James D. Squires. Originally published: NewYork :Times Books, 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8265-1924-5 (pbk. edition : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8265-1925-2 (ebook edition) 1. Nashville (Tenn.)—Politics and government— 20th century. 2. Political corruption—Tennessee— Nashville—History—20th century. I.Title. F444.N257S68 2013 320.9768’55—dc23 2012039471 To the memory of my mother, Billye White Squires, and my grandfather David Lemuel White, to whom this story belonged ...