Pick Nick: The Political Odyssey of Nick Galifianakis from Immigrant Son to CongressmanPick Nick is a fascinating and intimate political biography of the Congressman Nick Galifianakis who served in the 1960s by historian John Semonche, who is a neighbor of Nick's. It is a fascinating and intimate look at Galifianakis' political career in the context of a changing South. From his origins at his father's Durham, North Carolina restaurant through his stunning political successes to a final doomed battle for the Senate, Nick Galifianakis mastered the art of politics and showed what was possible - and what was not - in the American South in the 1960's and 1970's. |
