Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography http://www.edwinedwards.net Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:45:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Reviews http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=267 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=267#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:45:01 +0000 Administrator http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=267 Anastasia Ramirez This book is absolutely fascinating. It isn’t just the history but how Leo Honeycutt captures the true essence of EWE, his personality, humor, everything.

Beth Tatman-Sloane OMG, this book is sooo good.

Abram Abe McGull The book is a good read with GREAT research.  It’ll be a movie!

Monica Walker Weisul, former Louisiana State Representative from Marksville, LA This is a Great book!!!

Paige Connors-Kelley I loved “Over the Edge” [Honeycutt’s first book] and I’m loving “Governor Edwards,” too.  Just got to get it signed!

Sarah Beth McKay Griffith This is a MUST READ BOOK !! Great read.

Carolyn McKinney Redmond “I received Leo Honeycutt’s book for my birthday and enjoyed every page!! I have been fascinated with Governor Edwards ever since moving to Louisiana in 1973.  Honeycutt did a fantastic job on his biography. Even though I didn’t agree with most of his politics, I felt the charisma that a lot of people did when hearing him and watching him. Honeycutt did a fantastic job on bringing those characteristics out about Gov. Edwards in his book.”

]]> http://www.edwinedwards.net/?feed=rss2&p=267 0 Honeycutt’s upcoming appearances http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=251 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=251#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:30:51 +0000 Administrator http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=251 The author, Leo Honeycutt, has scheduled the following speaking appearances: 

MONDAY, AUG.30

  •  Ouachita Parish Library, 1800 Stubbs Avenue, Monroe LA, 6:00 PM

SUNDAY, SEPT.19 

  • Baton Rouge Relay for Life, 2:00 – 5:00 PM

TUESDAY, SEPT.21 

  • Vernon Parish Library, 1401 Nolan Trace, Leesville LA, 7:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29

  •  Calcasieu Parish Library, 1160 Cypress Street, Sulphur LA, 5:30PM

SUNDAY, OCT.10 

  • East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 7711 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge LA, 3:00PM

TUESDAY, OCT. 12 

  • Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge LA 5:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 in the afternoon

  •   Paragon Casino Resort Lobby, Marksville LA

FRIDAY, NOV. 5  

  •   Turning Pages Books & More, 520 Franklin Street, Natchez MS (as part of the 1st Friday Art Walk), 6:00 PM

SATURDAY, NOV. 6

  • Baton Rouge Heart LA booksigning, 2:00 – 3:30 PM

THURSDAY, DEC.9 

  • Southside Regional Library in Lafayette, 6:00 PM
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Well almost, but not quite.

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Edwin Edwards book hits shelves

By MELINDA DESLATTE – The Associated Press

BATON ROUGE — At Danny Plaisance’s small independent bookstore the phones are ringing every few minutes, and the cash register and credit card machines are humming.

Christmas isn’t the sole source of this uptick in sales at Cottonwood Books, however. It’s also thanks to a hefty, 611-page political biography that would get little attention outside the Bayou State.
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WVUE, Fox 8, New Orleans

Edwin Edwards biography hits shelves Dec. 14

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The official biography of imprisoned former Gov. Edwin Edwards goes on sale this month, after five years of work and with its subject interviewed from federal prison.

Once topping 1,800 pages, “Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography” was whittled to 641 pages by author Leo Honeycutt. It hits bookshelves Dec. 14, and Honeycutt promises the book won’t sugarcoat Edwards’ life.

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]]> http://www.edwinedwards.net/?feed=rss2&p=208 1 Edwards biography exceeds expectations http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=203 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=203#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:45:16 +0000 admin http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=203 BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – The newly-released biography of former Governor Edwin Edwards is so popular the book’s author can’t keep it on store shelves.

It comes down to supply and demand. Leo Honeycutt, the author of ‘Edwin Edwards, the Authorized Biography,’ ordered 10,000 copies of the book. He thought that number would be enough to last stores for about four months. He was quite wrong.

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]]> http://www.edwinedwards.net/?feed=rss2&p=203 0 Important Notice http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=195 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=195#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:13:39 +0000 admin http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=195 Because of rules and regulations of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, please DO NOT SEND this book or any others to Governor Edwards at Oakdale Federal Detention Center for his signature. If you do, Bureau of Prisons officials have the option of disposing of the book or returning it to you at your expense. Governor Edwards will be available for signing his biography when he is released in 2011. Thank you for your cooperation.

]]> http://www.edwinedwards.net/?feed=rss2&p=195 0 On sale now! http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=161 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=161#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:15:38 +0000 admin http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=161 book_whiteEdwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana is now available for sale online.

Price: $28.95 .  
Free domestic shipping within Continental U.S. International shipping rates apply.


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]]> http://www.edwinedwards.net/?feed=rss2&p=179 0 Edwin Edwards: The controversy and the facts http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=17 http://www.edwinedwards.net/?p=17#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:16:02 +0000 LHoneycutt http://www.edwinedwardsbooks.com/?p=17 Profiled more times by 60 Minutes than any other governor in history, Edwin Edwards did not run from controversy, he embraced it.  The quickest mind in politics, drafted once to run for president, elected governor four times, and friend of nearly every president since John Kennedy, as Louisiana’s fortunes dropped, however, so did those of the Cajun Prince.  Author Leo Honeycutt has painstakingly recreated the Edwards years and especially his 2000 trial.  Was Edwards guilty of corruption or merely arrogance?  Honeycutt clears the air with facts, only to expose what really changed Louisiana and is changing America.

“Leo Honeycutt teaches us more about the most stunningly powerful Louisiana politician of our time.  Engaging, well-written, captivating –you won’t put it down.”

—Dr. Wayne Parent, LSU Political Science

“We always knew Edwin would dance with the law but thought he’d outsmart them.  Honeycutt tells us we were wrong, after intense research added to the words of an elegant white-haired prisoner.”

—Earl Casey, CNN Atlanta

Pre-distribution orders are now being taken here for delivery prior to official release.

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