Wallace: The Classic Portrait of Alabama Governor George Wallace

“A sensitive, informed and funny feat of high journalism that is a classic of the kind.”—The New York Times Book Review

Wallace is a classic portrait of one of the century’s most fiery and controversial political figures. Initially conceived as a novel, Marshall Frady’s biography of George Wallace retains the narrative force and descriptive powers of fiction. Elizabeth Hardwick noted on Wallace’s first publication in 1968, “There is a palpable Faulknerian mood to the reporting,” and The New...