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The Accidental Candidate

The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene

David Axe author Corey Hutchins author Blue Delliquanti illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:26th Oct '12

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In 2010 a 32-year-old, socially awkward, unemployed African-American Army Veteran, who had been kicked out of the service and was living with his father in the South Carolina countryside while facing federal pornography charges, spent a significant portion of his life's savings on the filing fee to run for U.S. Senate in the Democratic primary to challenge incumbent tea party kingmaker Jim DeMint. Alvin Greene didn't campaign, didn't have a website and no one knew who he was.

Until he won.

“Long-form journalism meets sequential art in this startling and informative investigation of South Carolina politics. This is an important story that deserves wide reader attention”—Booklist; “I really like Blue Delliquanti’s open art and friendly figures...her faces are key to making the cast seem like real people...this graphic novel is a fun way to relive this oddity of political history”—Comics Worth Reading.

ISBN: 9780786474295

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 204g

128 pages