James Michael Curley, the most powerful Irish-American politician in Boston until John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress, was the stuff of legend before his life became fiction in the film The Last Hurrah. Here, in this short-form book from historian Francis Russell, is the story of this twice jailed champion of the people.
James Michael Curley, the most powerful Irish-American politician in Boston until John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress, was the stuff of legend before his life became fiction in the film The Last Hurrah. Here, in this short-form book from historian Francis Russell, is the story of this twice jailed champion of the people.