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Charles Hillman Brough : a biography / Foy Lisenby.
LIBRA F411.B85 L57 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisenby, Foy, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brough, Charles Hillman, 1876-1935.
- Brough, Charles Hillman.
- Governors--Arkansas--Biography.
- Governors.
- Arkansas.
- Arkansas--Politics and government--To 1950.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- Ten years in the making, taken largely from primary materials, this biography is a balanced portrait of an extraordinary Arkansas leader. A native of Mississippi, Charles Hillman Brough served as governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. His administration clearly represented New South progressivism and spawned a host of reforms in education, women's suffrage, prohibition, transportation, and governmental efficiency. A dignified man with a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Brough was also known as a brilliant orator, a college professor with a photographic memory, an enthusiastic Baptist, yet a confirmed racist, unable to leave parts of the Old South behind. He is most remembered in this life history as a consummate champion of the state of Arkansas. Perturbed by the "ignorant backwoods Arky" image made popular by a few notable critics, Brough made a lifelong, conscious effort to refute it. To his lasting credit, he saw and appreciated the wealth of natural resources and human variety within the state's boundaries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557284113
- OCLC:
- 33276687
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