The Rascal King: The Life And Times Of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Rascal King: The Life And Times Of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
By (Author) Jack Beatty
Hachette Books
Da Capo Press Inc
24th August 2000
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Local history
974.4
Physical Properties
Paperback
620
Width 153mm, Height 225mm, Spine 37mm
808g
Description
The nationally acclaimed, award-winning biography of "the Kingfish of Massachusetts" and an epic of urban politics and Irish America.. Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel The Last Hurrah . As mayor of Boston, as congressman, as governor of Massachusetts, Curley rose from the Irish slums in a career extending from the Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt to the ascendancy of JFK. Beatty's spellbinding story of this remarkable manand of his city, his people, and his timesis biography at its best.
Author Bio
Jack Beatty is a senior editor of the Atlantic Monthly, a commentator for NPR, and the author of The World According to Peter Drucker. He lives in Boston.
