Join us at the Carnegie Library as Author Robert Mann discusses his new book, You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis and the Biography of a Song. The book, published by LSU Press, is 50 years of country music history and four decades of Louisiana political history through the lens of one iconic song.
Robert “Bob” Mann is a professor emeritus of mass communication at Louisiana State University. He is the author of ten books, including critically acclaimed books about the U.S. civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the 1964 presidential election, and biographies of Russell Long and Ronald Reagan. His previous book was Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU, published by LSU Press. His new book, also from LSU Press, is You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis and the Biography of a Song. Mann spent over 20 years in politics as a senior aide to US senators Russell Long and John Breaux, and Governor Kathleen Blanco. In 2014, he was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.
