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Author : Gordon Hines
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ISBN 13 : 9781258173043
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
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Author : Keith L. Bryant
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806154381
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill Murray written by Keith L. Bryant and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray is the most important figure in the political history of Oklahoma. No other individual contributed so greatly to the formation of its political institutions—and there was never a more colorful or controversial character on the state’s political scene. Flamboyant, unpredictable, and stubborn, Alfalfa Bill became a legend. President of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, speaker of the first House of Representatives, two-term congressman, and governor of Oklahoma, the Texas-born Murray made an indelible mark on his adopted state. But he also made enemies. During the struggle for statehood he waged a hard battle over the constitution, taking on President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War William Howard Taft. As Oklahoma governor, Murray challenged the oil industry, newspaper interests, and the state of Texas. To enforce his programs, he relied on the National Guard. While governor, Murray called out the guard forty-seven times for duties ranging from policing ticket sales at University of Oklahoma football games, to patrolling oil fields, to guarding the Red River Bridge during the infamous Bridge War with Texas. In 1932 he ran for the Democratic nomination for president, and his fame spread across the nation. When candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt offered a program for national recovery, Murray countered with “Bread, Butter, Bacon, and Beans.” In describing Murray’s frustrated efforts to preserve the agricultural American of the nineteenth century, Bryant has written a perceptive biography presenting the first clearly defined portrait of this determined but inflexible man.
Author : Robert L. Dorman
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806162198
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill written by Robert L. Dorman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterful biography, Robert L. Dorman traces the career of William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray from his hardscrabble childhood in post–Civil War Texas to his remarkable ascendancy as a nationally known political figure in the mid-twentieth century. The first comprehensive portrait of Murray to be published in fifty years, Alfalfa Bill is both the exploration of a larger-than-life personality and an illuminating account of the birth of political conservatism in Oklahoma. As Dorman reveals, no political label readily fit Murray. The core conservatism of his Texas years was caught up in the ferment of three major periods of American reform—the Populist uprising, the Progressive Era, and the New Deal. Over his long career, Murray strongly advocated for states’ rights, limited government, and strict constitutionalism, yet he was also a consistent foe of corporations and concentrated wealth. The society he sought was small-scale, decentralized, agrarian—and racially segregated. Although he claimed to represent high principles, Murray as a politician was an opportunist, loved a good fight, had a flair for the theatrical, and hungered for power. Dorman depicts Murray from his days as a political operative in the Chickasaw Nation to his leadership of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, and from the Speaker’s chair of the Oklahoma legislature to the halls of Congress. The book follows Murray’s quixotic attempt to found an agricultural colony in Bolivia, and chronicles his amazing Oklahoma comeback in the 1930 gubernatorial election. The final chapters detail Murray’s legendary term as state governor, his failed candidacy for president, and his emergence as a fierce critic of New Deal liberalism and racial desegregation. Unlike earlier biographies of Murray, Alfalfa Bill brings issues of race, class, and gender to the forefront, often in surprising ways. On the surface, the Murray saga was an American success story, yet his rise came at a price for Murray himself, his family, and the people of the state he helped to create. An indelible portrait emerges of an ambitious, domineering, relentless, and unapologetically racist figure whose tarnished legacy seems painfully relevant in America’s current political climate.
Author : William Krohn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill Murray, Governor of Oklahoma written by William Krohn and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith L. Bryant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598207333
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill Murray written by Keith L. Bryant and published by . This book was released on with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis W. Schruben
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The return of "Alfalfa Bill" Murray written by Francis W. Schruben and published by . This book was released on 1963* with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James K. Warner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Brief Biography of Gov. William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray" written by James K. Warner and published by . This book was released on 200? with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Clinton Ralph
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The Public Speaking of William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray written by David Clinton Ralph and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith L. Bryant
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 080615439X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill Murray written by Keith L. Bryant and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray is the most important figure in the political history of Oklahoma. No other individual contributed so greatly to the formation of its political institutions—and there was never a more colorful or controversial character on the state’s political scene. Flamboyant, unpredictable, and stubborn, Alfalfa Bill became a legend. President of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, speaker of the first House of Representatives, two-term congressman, and governor of Oklahoma, the Texas-born Murray made an indelible mark on his adopted state. But he also made enemies. During the struggle for statehood he waged a hard battle over the constitution, taking on President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War William Howard Taft. As Oklahoma governor, Murray challenged the oil industry, newspaper interests, and the state of Texas. To enforce his programs, he relied on the National Guard. While governor, Murray called out the guard forty-seven times for duties ranging from policing ticket sales at University of Oklahoma football games, to patrolling oil fields, to guarding the Red River Bridge during the infamous Bridge War with Texas. In 1932 he ran for the Democratic nomination for president, and his fame spread across the nation. When candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt offered a program for national recovery, Murray countered with “Bread, Butter, Bacon, and Beans.” In describing Murray’s frustrated efforts to preserve the agricultural American of the nineteenth century, Bryant has written a perceptive biography presenting the first clearly defined portrait of this determined but inflexible man.
Author : Keith L. Bryant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (279 download)
Download or read book "Alfalfa Bill" Murray written by Keith L. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Brief Biography of Murray (Alfalfa Bill) written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gordon Hines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (733 download)
Download or read book William Henry Murray, Alfalfa Bill written by Gordon Hines and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Brief Biography Pf Murray written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Henry Murray
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma written by William Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Henry Murray
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Finished Scholar written by William Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert L. Dorman
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806162201
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill written by Robert L. Dorman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterful biography, Robert L. Dorman traces the career of William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray from his hardscrabble childhood in post–Civil War Texas to his remarkable ascendancy as a nationally known political figure in the mid-twentieth century. The first comprehensive portrait of Murray to be published in fifty years, Alfalfa Bill is both the exploration of a larger-than-life personality and an illuminating account of the birth of political conservatism in Oklahoma. As Dorman reveals, no political label readily fit Murray. The core conservatism of his Texas years was caught up in the ferment of three major periods of American reform—the Populist uprising, the Progressive Era, and the New Deal. Over his long career, Murray strongly advocated for states’ rights, limited government, and strict constitutionalism, yet he was also a consistent foe of corporations and concentrated wealth. The society he sought was small-scale, decentralized, agrarian—and racially segregated. Although he claimed to represent high principles, Murray as a politician was an opportunist, loved a good fight, had a flair for the theatrical, and hungered for power. Dorman depicts Murray from his days as a political operative in the Chickasaw Nation to his leadership of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, and from the Speaker’s chair of the Oklahoma legislature to the halls of Congress. The book follows Murray’s quixotic attempt to found an agricultural colony in Bolivia, and chronicles his amazing Oklahoma comeback in the 1930 gubernatorial election. The final chapters detail Murray’s legendary term as state governor, his failed candidacy for president, and his emergence as a fierce critic of New Deal liberalism and racial desegregation. Unlike earlier biographies of Murray, Alfalfa Bill brings issues of race, class, and gender to the forefront, often in surprising ways. On the surface, the Murray saga was an American success story, yet his rise came at a price for Murray himself, his family, and the people of the state he helped to create. An indelible portrait emerges of an ambitious, domineering, relentless, and unapologetically racist figure whose tarnished legacy seems painfully relevant in America’s current political climate.
Author : Wayne Gard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (775 download)
Download or read book Alfalfa Bill written by Wayne Gard and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
