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Governor Henry Horner, Chicago politics, and the Great Depression / Charles J. Masters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Masters, Charles J., 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horner, Henry, 1878-1940.
- Horner, Henry.
- Governors--Illinois--Biography.
- Governors.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Judges.
- Illinois.
- Judges--Illinois--Biography.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Depressions--1929--Illinois.
- Depressions.
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Illinois.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 245 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Charles Masters effectively reevaluates Governor Henry Horner' s historical reputation and role in Illinois politics.
- Contents:
- Muddy beginnings
- One foot on the sidewalk and one in the gutter
- An honorable judge in the age of whoopee
- The bottom drops out
- The wheels in motion
- Judge Horner runs the race
- A big hit downstate and on to victory
- Roll up your sleeves, governor
- The crux of the crisis
- Horner, history, and the New Deal
- The governor gives himself away
- A stab in the back
- Into the snake pit
- The Horner ticket
- While the cat's away
- A test of good government.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0809327392
- 9780809327393
- OCLC:
- 70167520
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