A Conversation With Samuel Freedman, Author of the New Hubert Humphrey Biography 'Into The Bright Sunshine'
In his conversation with Sam Freedman, author of 'Into The Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights' Joel Cohen looks at how Freedman was able to present Humphrey as a hero, even as he's associated with the Vietnam war.
August 24, 2023 at 12:16 PM
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'Into The Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights' 'Into The Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights'
By Samuel G. Freedman
Oxford University Press, 2023, 504 pages, $32
Hubert Humphrey has been gone for some 45 years. One can still remember hearing him, though, spouting his pet phrase "I'm as pleased as punch."
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