Richard McCaughan’s searching and exceedingly well- documented 1967 book on the late Earl Kemp Long will delight historians and students of Louisiana politics.

Learning from the failure of less-informed writers, the author has succeeded in bringing Earl out of the shadow of brother Huey. He has given Earl in death what the former governor never really attained in life - his own prominence in Louisiana political history.

McCaughan’s “Socks On A Rooster” is a printed monument to the love and dedication Earl Long gave the common man, regardless of race or creed. His thesis underlines for all time the fact that Earl in his own inimitable style accomplished many things that were mere promises
by Huey.

Few manuscripts have been so well documented. The author spent years interviewing those who lived with the late Earl Long in private and public life.

Richard McCaughan looked beyond the late governor’s failings in his waning years to portray this legendary political figure as a man of kindness and deep feeling for his fellow man, a champion of the poor and the underdog, and a man of political and personal integrity whose political savvy may never be surpassed in Louisiana.

This is not a novel, but an excellent chronological presentation of a political life of Earl K. Long. It is by far the most straightforward recording of the successes, the failures and the faults of the man who fought brother Huey’s fights as a youngster.

By Richard McCaughan

Page Count: 316

6x9 Hardcover

First Printing 1935, Reprinted 2024

ISBN: 978-1-68593-187-2