I think Steve Muratore over at Arizona Eagletarian may have outgeeked me, if only for a day. His review of the new book, Politics, Labor and the War on Big Business: The Path of Reform in Arizona 1890 – 1920, invokes Nathan Oakes Murphy, Buckey O’Neill and George W. P. Hunt.
Dude, you are dangerously infringing on my territory there.
Anyhow, check out his review, and pick up the book.
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Thanks for bringing this book to my attention. I can’t wait to read it.
Thanks for the props. I was thrilled to have author David R Berman ask me to review his book. Maybe you can get him to do a book signing event in Tucson. If not, he’ll be at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe on Sept. 6 at 7pm.
The Egalitarian failed to mention Louis C. Hughes, Hunt’s mentor who succeeded Murphy as Governor. Hughes was advocating progressive causes in his Arizona Star and organizing reform efforts since the early 1880s.
I am sure that Berman mentions Hughes in his book, since he has given him his due before. I am hoping that The Egalitarian’s failure to mention him is not a reflection of some reluctance to credit someone from Tucson.
I am certainly of an “egalitarian” mind, but am the “EAGLEtarian.” Because of my egalitarian mindset, I would not exclude a Tucsonan just because he is from Tucson. Instead, I simply didn’t want to rewrite the book… just give a couple of highlights to, hopefully, whet your appetite.
Btw, to further whet your appetite for Berman’s book, Louis C Hughes is mentioned at least four times and Henry F Ashurst at least six time.