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Author:

Masters, Charles J., 1939-

Title:

Governor Henry Horner, Chicago politics, and the Great Depression / Charles J. Masters.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xviii, 245 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Horner, Henry,--1878-1940.
Governors--Illinois--Biography.
Judges--Illinois--Biography.
Illinois--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.
Depressions--1929--Illinois.
New Deal, 1933-1939--Illinois.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780809327393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0809327392 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006018598

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)