When good men do nothing // A provocative telling of “The Phenix City Story.” Susan Ryder February 4, 2017 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments When good men do nothing // A provocative telling of “The Phenix City Story.” On June 18, 1954, former state senator Albert Patterson, the Democratic Party’s nominee for state attorney general, was shot to death as he left his law office in Phenix City, Alabama, infamous for its prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, and political corruption. Patterson had made cleanup of Phenix City his primary campaign promise. With millions of dollars in illegal income and hundreds of political and professional careers at stake, the question surrounding Patterson’s murder was not why the trigger was pulled, but who pulled it. When Good Men Do Nothing is the definitive study of the Albert Patterson murder case. Alan Grady has mined the state’s original murder case files; the papers of John Patterson, Albert’s son; records from the Office of Alabama Attorney General (who directed the murder investigation); the case files of the Alabama Department of Toxicology and Criminal Investigation; National Guard reports; and more than 30 interviews with eyewitnesses and interested parties. Grady takes a complex story of multiple dimensions—a large cast of judicial, criminal, and political players; a web of alliances and allegiances; and a knotted sequence of investigative revelations and dead ends—and transforms it into a readable, incisive analysis of the powers and loyalties that governed, and corrupted to the core, the body politic of the state. Readers will be enthralled and educated by this authoritative account of the most compelling crime drama in Alabama during the 20th century. Alan Grady is a contractor for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. An avid state and local historian, he has previously published articles in Alabama Heritage. “This book is the gripping story of the crime that shocked the state and the nation in 1954, when Albert Patterson, running for state attorney general on a platform of cleaning up ‘sin city,’ was gunned down outside his law office in Phenix City.”—Alabama Historical Association Newsletter 2004 Clinton Jackson Coley Award, sponsored by Alabama Historical Association 9 Responses 0u7ws July 1, 2025 order prednisone 10mg sale – aprep lson cheap deltasone Reply 9uvd8 July 2, 2025 generic ed pills – https://fastedtotake.com/ non prescription ed drugs Reply fqti2 July 4, 2025 amoxicillin order – https://combamoxi.com/ buy cheap generic amoxicillin Reply oaf0n July 9, 2025 diflucan online order – forcan over the counter buy generic forcan online Reply 4gjd2 July 10, 2025 order generic escitalopram 20mg – https://escitapro.com/ lexapro price Reply 8rco4 July 10, 2025 cenforce online buy – https://cenforcers.com/# cenforce for sale Reply giqdk July 12, 2025 cialis 20 mg price walgreens – on this site tadalafil citrate powder Reply ere49 July 13, 2025 buying cialis without prescription – generic tadalafil prices does cialis lowers blood pressure Reply ConnieFaice July 13, 2025 purchase ranitidine without prescription – site order zantac 300mg generic Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Δ
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