Author: Jack McElroy
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826365779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way. Jack McElroy's fascinating biography of "Citizen Carl" tells the story of a man whose exploits were as diverse and complex as the American Southwest he loved. Magee purchased the Albuquerque Journal from the syndicate responsible for reelecting Senator Albert Bacon Fall, soon to become secretary of the Interior. Magee battled the Republican machine in New Mexico, a fight that sent Fall to prison in the Teapot Dome scandal and saw Magee repeatedly tried on charges of criminal libel, contempt of court, and even manslaughter. Forced to sell the Journal, he then started the newspaper that would become the Albuquerque Tribune. Magee's fame prompted Scripps-Howard to buy the Tribune, retaining him as editor and adopting his motto: "Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way." The company later transferred Magee to its struggling paper in Oklahoma City. There he solved the city's downtown parking problem by inventing the parking meter. Now mostly forgotten, Magee's legacy lives on, and many of the issues he confronted--press freedom, gun violence, public corruption, and demagoguery--remain relevant today.
Citizen Carl
Author: Jack McElroy
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826365779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way. Jack McElroy's fascinating biography of "Citizen Carl" tells the story of a man whose exploits were as diverse and complex as the American Southwest he loved. Magee purchased the Albuquerque Journal from the syndicate responsible for reelecting Senator Albert Bacon Fall, soon to become secretary of the Interior. Magee battled the Republican machine in New Mexico, a fight that sent Fall to prison in the Teapot Dome scandal and saw Magee repeatedly tried on charges of criminal libel, contempt of court, and even manslaughter. Forced to sell the Journal, he then started the newspaper that would become the Albuquerque Tribune. Magee's fame prompted Scripps-Howard to buy the Tribune, retaining him as editor and adopting his motto: "Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way." The company later transferred Magee to its struggling paper in Oklahoma City. There he solved the city's downtown parking problem by inventing the parking meter. Now mostly forgotten, Magee's legacy lives on, and many of the issues he confronted--press freedom, gun violence, public corruption, and demagoguery--remain relevant today.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826365779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way. Jack McElroy's fascinating biography of "Citizen Carl" tells the story of a man whose exploits were as diverse and complex as the American Southwest he loved. Magee purchased the Albuquerque Journal from the syndicate responsible for reelecting Senator Albert Bacon Fall, soon to become secretary of the Interior. Magee battled the Republican machine in New Mexico, a fight that sent Fall to prison in the Teapot Dome scandal and saw Magee repeatedly tried on charges of criminal libel, contempt of court, and even manslaughter. Forced to sell the Journal, he then started the newspaper that would become the Albuquerque Tribune. Magee's fame prompted Scripps-Howard to buy the Tribune, retaining him as editor and adopting his motto: "Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way." The company later transferred Magee to its struggling paper in Oklahoma City. There he solved the city's downtown parking problem by inventing the parking meter. Now mostly forgotten, Magee's legacy lives on, and many of the issues he confronted--press freedom, gun violence, public corruption, and demagoguery--remain relevant today.
Citizen Soldier - Carl T. Jones
Author: Raymond Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692450093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692450093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Human Relations
Author: Carl Cleveland Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Citizenship
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Board of Education of Roxana Community Unit School District No. 1 V. Illinois Pollution Control Board
House documents
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Utah Since Statehood
Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States
Sundquist V. Camden Fire Insurance Association
Acts of Executive Clemency of California
Author: California. Governor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clemency
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clemency
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description