Jim Hunt: A Biography

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Pearce has done an excellent job of chronicling the long and important career of one of North Carolina's most influential citizens. One person found this helpful. Pearce does an excellent job describing the background and accomplishments of Jim Hunt -- a four term governor that truly made a difference for North Carolina.

The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.

Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. This is a well-written biography of a four-term governor of North Carolina, a politician who had a massive impact on North Carolina, and although never very prominent on a national stage nevertheless had a worldview similar to many politicians of the New South and the modern Democratic party. The biography is written by a member of Hunt's inner circle.

The author acknowledges that an attempt at impartiality would be futile. Still, the excessively laudatory tone of this book is a liability. In parts it reads like a PR piece coming from Hunt's campaign rather than a biography.

One can be sympathetic to the subject without being as one-sided as this writer is. I enjoyed the book, and especially enjoyed reading about the political history of North Carolina throughout the second-half of the twentieth century a fascinating subject - an even more fascinating take on this period of the state can be found in William Link's biography of Jesse Helms.

Jim Hunt: A Biography

I wish this book had been more critical of Hunt. Wonderful stories of the man who shaped North Carolina politics for 20 years. His dedication to education, jobs, and promoting NC is inspirational. I was born and raised in North Carolina. I remember jim hunt and his marxists policies. What I remember best was jim hunt openly welcoming illegal aliens to N.

I remember an article in the newspaper quoting Jim Hunt saying illegals were good for N. I remember the DVM being jam packed with illegals because old jimmy had made it easy for them to get a drivers license. See all 7 reviews. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations.

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CBS had broadcast a 60 Minute piece about the case that suggested that the evidence against the ten had been fabricated. Howard Nathaniel Lee , however, refused to resign from his appointed role as cabinet secretary, as form of protest against Hunt. Hunt was criticized for allowing Darryl Hunt no relation known to remain in prison for twenty years after the wrongfully convicted Winston-Salem man was exonerated by exculpatory DNA evidence which pointed to another perpetrator.

Darryl Hunt was pardoned by the succeeding Governor, Mike Easley. During his terms in office Hunt oversaw 13 executions two during his first period in office, 11 during his second , including the first post- Furman execution of a female Velma Barfield and the first post-Furman execution in North Carolina James W. Hunt founded and is chair emeritus of the Institute for Emerging Issues at N. State University in Raleigh. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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