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The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
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by Jack Beatty

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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 man-and of his city, his people, and his times-is biography at its best.

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  • Title The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
  • Author Jack Beatty
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised ed.
  • Pages 620
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2000-11-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780306810022 / 0306810026
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.92 x 1.5 in (22.91 x 15.04 x 3.81 cm)
  • Reading level 1320
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Ethnic Orientation: Irish
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Governors - Massachusetts, Curley, James Michael
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00055576
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Jack Beatty is a Senior Editor of the Atlantic Monthly and a News Analyst on the public radio program On Point from WBUR- Boston. He is the author of The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958. His 2001 anthology, Colossus: How the Corporation Changed America, was named one of the ten best business books of the year by BusinessWeek. Mr. Beatty is married, with one son. He lives in New Hampshire.

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