This week Bayou to Beltway interviews author, journalist and professor Bob Mann, about his new book, Backrooms and Bayous: My Life in Louisiana Politics.
Bob Mann's new book is the topic of our conversation this week. This amazing new book covers Bob's extensive career in Louisiana politics, which extends from Senator Russell Long, through John Breaux and all the way to Kathleen Blanco's administration. In the book there are a plethora of stories of Bob's interaction with innumerable political figures young and old, including Edwin Edwards, Mike Foster, Kathleen Blanco, J. Bennett Johnston, Dave Norris. Bob's life in politics has been the story of Louisiana politics for the last 40 years.