The Darling Dahlias And the Confederate Rose (2012)
“As usual, he was perched on the stool at the far end of the counter, where he was least likely to be disturbed by people who wanted to bend his editorial ear about this pet peeve or that pet project. He was digging into a plate of Euphoria’s fried liver and onions, with generous sides of boiled green beans with fatback and onions, potato salad, and sliced fresh tomatoes, on special for thirty cents.
Charlie ate as he usually did, listening to the news on the Philco behind the counter while ...he read an article in the Atlanta Constitution about the likelihood of Governor Franklin Roosevelt’s nomination at the 1932 Democratic convention in Chicago. Although the convention was more than a year away, the Constitution was already optimistic. “As far as the South goes,” Senator William J. Harris of Georgia was quoted as saying jubilantly, “it’s all Roosevelt.”
Of course, that wasn’t exactly true, for right here in Darling, as Charlie was well aware, there were plenty of folks who felt that Roosevelt was dangerously liberal, maybe even socialist in his views.MoreLess
Charlie ate as he usually did, listening to the news on the Philco behind the counter while ...he read an article in the Atlanta Constitution about the likelihood of Governor Franklin Roosevelt’s nomination at the 1932 Democratic convention in Chicago. Although the convention was more than a year away, the Constitution was already optimistic. “As far as the South goes,” Senator William J. Harris of Georgia was quoted as saying jubilantly, “it’s all Roosevelt.”
Of course, that wasn’t exactly true, for right here in Darling, as Charlie was well aware, there were plenty of folks who felt that Roosevelt was dangerously liberal, maybe even socialist in his views.MoreLess
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