{"product_id":"the-rascal-king-the-life-and-times-of-james-michael-curley-1874-1958-paperback","title":"The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A truly brilliant biography.\"--John Kenneth Galbraith, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwice jailed while serving in office yet a champion of the people, builder of schools yet a shameless grafter, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hurrah\u003c\/i\u003e. As mayor of Boston, as a United States congressman, as governor of Massachusetts, Curley rose from the slums of South Boston in a career extending from the Progressive Era of Teddy Roosevelt to the ascendancy of the Kennedy sons. While Curley lived, he represented both the triumph of Irish Americans and the birth of divisive politics of ethnic and racial polarization; when he died, over one million mourners turned out to pay their respects in the largest wake Boston had ever seen.\u003cbr\u003eNominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, Beatty's spellbinding story of \"the Kingfish of Massachusetts\" is also an epic of his city, its immigrant people, and its turbulent times. It is simply biography at its best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beatty's book is a delight--rich, witty, flowing, and full of insight about the nature of political corruption.\"--Constance Casey, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A panoramic, exquisitely incisive biography that illuminates the triumphs, debacles, and personal sorrows of the irrepressible man known as Boston's 'Mayor of the Poor.'\"--Robert Wilson, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Editor of the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and a News Analyst on the public radio program \u003ci\u003eOn Point\u003c\/i\u003e from WBUR- Boston. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958\u003c\/i\u003e. His 2001 anthology, \u003ci\u003eColossus: How the Corporation Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e, was named one of the ten best business books of the year by \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Beatty is married, with one son. He lives in New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 620\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.02 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467980849405,"sku":"9780306810022","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WHNGUk5SMjdJc3NnVk5vTXFLMzJxdz09.webp?v=1777281748","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-rascal-king-the-life-and-times-of-james-michael-curley-1874-1958-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}