Coozan Dudley Leblanc: From Huey Long to Hadacol

By: Floyd Clay

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Synopsis: "They were great days. [This] book brings them back to life."-Kansas City Times"Floyd Clay has written perceptively of LeBlanc."-Associated PressHe was the most extraordinary politician, businessman, medicine man, and promoter imaginable. Coozan Dudley LeBlanc traces the life of this amazing Cajun entrepreneur who almost single-handedly revolutionized American product advertising. He spent millions to promote Hadacol, his alcohol-saturated, vitamin-mineral patent medicine.With heavy advertising, contests, and the Hadacol Caravan-a traveling road show featuring a dazzling cast of Hollywood stars, beauty queens, and circus antics-LeBlanc parlayed his elixir into an amazing overnight success. America had never seen anything like it.But before the 1950s Hadacol phenomenon, LeBlanc had made his mark in the hurly-burly politics of his native Louisiana. As a state legislator, he had championed a steady stream of legislation to increase benefits to the poor and aged. Bold, flashy, and determined, he frequently clashed with the Louisiana Kingfish, Huey Long, in a power struggle that ended only with Long's assassination.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781455602988
Related ISBNs:: 9780882896465
Publisher:: Pelican Publishing
Date of Addition:: 01/31/25
Copyrighted By:: Floyd M. Clay
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Business and Finance
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.