James K. McGuire
Boy Mayor and Irish Nationalist
by Joseph E. Fahey
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Pub Date Mar 31 2014 | Archive Date Feb 17 2014
Description
This is the story of a self-educated, charismatic, gifted leader who overcame personal tragedy in childhood and was elected the youngest mayor of a major city in America at age twenty-six. It is the story of a reformer who possessed a genius for politics. James K. McGuire (1868–1923) was elected mayor of Syracuse three times as a Democrat in a Republican bastion. As a candidate for governor in 1898, he nearly derailed the rise of Theodore Roosevelt. His ideas and positions informed the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan in his quest for the presidency and the platform of the Democratic Party in those elections.
A Note From the Publisher
6 x 9, 280 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Advance Praise
"Joseph Fahey has eloquently brought to life the story of James K. McGuire—the boy mayor of Syracuse, New York, prominent businessman, and leading Irish-American nationalist in the years of Ireland’s struggle for self-government. McGuire was part of the burgeoning Irish-American community in the early twentieth century who were claiming a distinctive place in American society and that was also working to make Ireland a nation once again. McGuire merits a full biography and Fahey’s extensively researched study splendidly fills this gap in our understanding of Irish-American leadership."—Francis Carroll, History Department, University of Manitoba
"A thoroughly enjoyable book offering a view of both Syracuse’s history and American history through the eyes and experiences of a remarkable man, Syracuse’s own Boy Mayor James K. McGuire."—Stephanie A. Miner, Syracuse mayor
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780815610328 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
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