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- James K. McGuire: Boy Mayor and Irish Nationalist
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Irish Studies
summary
This is the story of a self-educated, charismatic, gifted leader who overcame
personal tragedy in childhood and was elected the youngest mayor
of a major city in America at age twenty-six. It is the story of a reformer
who possessed a genius for politics. James K. McGuire (1868–1923) was
elected mayor of Syracuse three times as a Democrat in a Republican bastion.
As a candidate for governor in 1898, he nearly derailed the rise of
Theodore Roosevelt. His ideas and positions informed the candidacy of
William Jennings Bryan in his quest for the presidency and the platform of
the Democratic Party in those elections.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xvi
- 1. July 12, 1868
- pp. 1-3
- 2. Life in the Salt City
- pp. 4-12
- 4. The Mayoral Years: Boy Mayor
- pp. 48-95
- 5. The “Wilderness” Years
- pp. 96-126
- 6. The King, the Kaiser,and the President
- pp. 127-143
- 7. Fellow Traveler
- pp. 144-173
- 8. Campaign Manager
- pp. 174-199
- 9. The Mediator
- pp. 200-243
- 10. The End
- pp. 244-262
- Bibliography
- pp. 299-302
- Further Reading, Back Cover
- pp. 307-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815652779
Related ISBN(s)
9780815610328
MARC Record
OCLC
880148050
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2014-06-14
Language
English
Open Access
No