Harry Byrd of Virginia
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Harry Byrd of Virginia is a non-fiction book, published in 1996 by University Press of Virginia by Ronald L. Heinemann, concerning Harry F. Byrd.
James R. Sweeney of Old Dominion University wrote that the author "portrays Byrd as an unrelenting negativist whose convictions remained fixed as the world around him changed",Sweeney, The Historian, p. 132. and that overall the work is an "unflattering portrait of an essentially humorless and defensive" individual,Sweeney, The Historian, p. 133. although Heinemann also viewed Byrd as having, in Sweeney's words, "integrity".
Reception
William A. Link of University of North Carolina, Greensboro wrote that the book "is a carefully written, fully documented study" that has "terse, well-considered, and balanced judgments."Link, p. 1715.
Sweeney wrote that the book is "a major contribution to the literature on American politics."
References
- {{cite journal |last= Sweeney|first= James|date=Fall 1997 |title= Byrd of Virginia|journal=The Historian |volume=60|issue=1|pages= 132–133|jstor=24451573 }}
- {{cite journal |last= Link |first= William A. |title= Jack Irby Hayes, Jr. Dan Daniel and the Persistence of Conservatism in Virginia. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press. 1997. Pp. xi, 258. $35.00 and Ronald L. Heinemann. Harry Byrd of Virginia. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1996. Pp. x, 511|journal=The American Historical Review |date=December 1, 1999 |pages=1714–1715 |doi= 10.2307/2649452 |jstor=2649452 }}
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/harrybyrdofvirgi0000hein/ Harry Byrd of Virginia] at the Internet Archive
Category:Byrd family (Virginia)
Category:White supremacy in the United States
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