Chronicling his meteoric rise to power and allegations of corruption, ThomasO. Harrisis The Kingfish tells of Huey P. Longis many socialreforms, which endeared him to the rural poor and made him an enemy of bigbusiness.Long was a man who, through hard work and perseverance, surpassed allboundaries previously aligned with American politicians. Harris very vividlypoints out the overall danger of Longis politics and his underlying selfishmotives. He calls Long a dictator and a threat to the American political systembut finds it hard to deny the many reasons for Longis immense popularitywithin Louisiana.