by Keel Hunt (Author)

To know the story of the life and times of Judge Gilbert Merritt is to understand modern U.S. politics of the mid to late 20th century-how it came to be, and how it worked-particularly in the American South.

Author Biography

Keel Hunt is the author of The Family Business as well as two books on Tennessee political history, and has been a columnist for the USA Today Tennessee network since 2013. In his early career, he was a journalist and Washington correspondent. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.