Huey Long is an historical portrait of one extraordinary man. When Long proclaimed, “I was born into politics with a whirlwind for my bride,” it was probably the only undisputed statement he ever made. Long burst out of north Louisiana’s clay hills like an irresistible force, clearing everything in its path. He harnessed the despised, ignorant, and impoverished electorate of Louisiana and, in a stunningly short time, smashed the power structure that had controlled the rise, reign, and dramatic assassination of one of the most compelling and powerful figures in all of American politics: Louisiana’s corrupt champion of the poor, the turbulent and riveting self-proclaimed “King Fish.”