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The beast / by Ben B. Lindsey and Harvey J. O'Higgins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsey, Ben B. (Ben Barr), 1869-1943.
- Series:
- Timberline books.
- Timberline books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--Colorado.
- Political corruption.
- Juvenile courts--Colorado.
- Juvenile courts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO : University Press of Colorado, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey’s exposé of big business’s influence on Colorado and Denver politics, a best seller when it was originally published in 1911, is now back in print. The Beast reveals the plight of working-class Denver citizens—in particular those Denver youths who ended up in Lindsey’s court day after day. These encounters led him to create the juvenile court, one of the first courts in the country set up to deal specifically with young delinquents. In addition, Lindsey exposes the darker side of many well-known figures in Colorado history, including Mayor Robert W. Speer, Governor Henry Augustus Buchtel, Will Evans, and many others. When first published, The Beast was considered every bit the equal Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and sold over 500,000 copies. More than just a fascinating slice of Denver history, this book—and Lindsey’s court— offered widespread social change in the United States.
- Contents:
- The beast
- Finding the cat
- The cat purrs
- The cat keeps on purring
- The beast in the democracy
- The beast in the county court
- The beast and the children
- The beast, graft and business
- At work with the children
- The beast and the ballot
- The beast and the ballot (continued)
- The beast at bay
- The beast and the Supreme Court
- The beast and reform
- A city pillaged
- The beast, the church and the governorship
- Hunting the beast
- A victory at last
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870819827
- 0870819828
- OCLC:
- 472222801
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