Jack McGuire at the GDBS
Mon, May 04
|The Garden District Book Shop
Author Jack McGuire will be at the GDBS on May 4 to celebrate his book KILLING THE KINGFISH: THE HUEY LONG ASSASINATION


Time & Location
May 04, 2026, 6:00 PM
The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
About the event

ABOUT THE BOOK
The definitive recounting of the mysterious assassination of one of Louisiana's most powerful politicians
On September 8, 1935, Huey Long, a United States senator and former Louisiana governor, was fatally shot in a back corridor of the Louisiana state capitol. Although the most widely accepted theory holds that Dr. Carl Weiss, son-in-law of Long's political opponent Judge Benjamin Henry Pavy, was responsible, the assassination remains one of the most debated events in American political history. In Killing the Kingfish: The Huey Long Assassination, author Jack B. McGuire offers a comprehensive and revelatory examination of what really happened that night.
Killing the Kingfish explores critical incidents leading up to the assassination, including Long's investigation of a murder plot in early 1935 and his battles with Judge Pavy. These events, often overlooked by other historians, are crucial to understanding the volatile climate that surrounded Long's leadership. The volume also presents previously…
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